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TIL there is a variation of rock paper scissors with 15 different hand combinations

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ANoKg TIL Thatcher's Techbase is a mod for the video game Doom II where Margaret Thatcher, "one of humanity's greatest threats", rises from the dead, leading the player to descend into the tenth circle of Hell, the United Kingdom, in order to kill her and send her back to Hell.
y8lX TIL Larry Lemieux, a Canadian sailor at the 1988 Olympics, was about to win a silver medal when he abandoned the race to save two other competitors who had capsized. He was given the Pierre de Coubertin Medal for sportsmanship.
kMkE TIL that a Russian pilot went against regulations and let his 16 year old son sit at the controls of the plane. His son accidentally disabled the autopilot, the plane then crashed and killed all on board.
v1G8 TIL prior to completion of a national paved roads system, it took future President Eisenhower’s truck convoy four months to cross the United States… leading him to propose and support the Interstate system 30 years later.
x4ow TIL when their child was diagnosed with xeroderma pigmentosa, a condition in which exposure to sunlight causes third degree burns and cancer, a New York couple founded Camp Sundown, a summer camp for kids with xeroderma pigmentosa where all normal camp activities are held after sundown.