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TIL that a father made his son work his way to modernity by playing through the history of video games chronologically rather than let him play whatever video game he wanted. The boy started with 1979’s Galaxian.

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WmXY TIL Warren Buffet said, in an interview, ‘In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don’t have the first, the other two will kill you.’
8L8V TIL Despite Napoleon divorcing her so he could have an heir, his first wife Josephine is the ancestor of 5 of the current royal houses of Europe. Napoleon is the ancestor of none.
LQvpV TIL in 1965, a bus traveling to Ankara collided with a truck carrying nitric acid. The collision caused the acid to spill, and panicked the passengers. They evacuated the bus and suffered burns ln their feet. 17 people melted to death after jumping into puddle to save theirselves in distress.
aJQo TIL that Wayne Gretzky was so well-respected in the NHL that some players would verbally warn him before checking him
6Ewbl TIL that in 2019 there was a sixth Terminator movie (after Terminator: Genysis) which so few people saw that that it was even less successful than Terminator: Genysis. The film grossed only 13% of what was needed to break even and was considered a box office bomb due to lukewarm critical reception.