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TIL 2 of the 5 worst days in stock market history have happened in the last week.

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oR71E TIL the game Oregon Trail was developed by 3 college students trying to teach history creatively. The first version was coded in just 10 days in 1971 and played by middle schoolers for 5 days. The code was given to an educational nonprofit in 1974, and the creators never profited from the game.
4kRd6 TIL about the "Siglas Poveiras", a very local writing system in north Portugal that is used by families as coas or fisherman symbols. It's believed that came from for norse settlers runes that lived in the region.
R5wJ6 TIL The Twilight Zone's Rod Serling tested parachutes as a part time job. The amount of money he earned depended on the danger of the jump. In one instance, he earned $1,000 for testing a jet ejection seat that had killed the previous three testers.
oBlGR TIL Re:Scam.org, an AI email bot that will respond to phishing scammers realistically to waste their time and hopefully reduce the number of scams they can perform on others.
wL07P TIL that there are sea slugs that look like fuzzy little bunny rabbits.