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TIL After becoming obsessed with roller coasters, Chris Sawyer created and coded RollerCoaster Tycoon entirely by himself in Assembly…arguably the most difficult programming language of all. For his efforts he received about $30 million of the estimated $180 million brought in by the game.

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QJ6Y6 TIL Future unintentionally invented mumble rap in 2011 after he was too "high" to open his mouth while recording
PA7e TIL that a Lyme vaccine conferring immunity 76% of adults and 100% of children was removed from the market after an outcry by patient advocacy groups; despite no scientific evidence suggesting the vaccine was unsafe.
ak9b TIL On July 6th, 1944 Jackie Robinson was once ordered to move to the back of a bus while in uniform. Robinson refused and received a court martial. An army court found that Robinson was completely within his rights, and fully acquitted the future baseball star.
WW48 TIL that every July there is a spike in mortality rates and medical errors in hospitals due to medical students coming in as new interns. It’s called the July effect and/or Killing Season.
jGmN TIL that a man having a seizure on subway tracks was rescued by a stranger. The rescuer jumped down onto the man and compressed him down by laying on him as five cars passed over him.