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TIL Atari 2600 indeed had an online service, called "GameLine", that was basically an online game library

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PvnZ TIL an Irish nurse has been stuck in the Phillipines for 4 years awaiting an appeal of a 14 year jail sentence for possession of .38 grams of Marijuana which he says was planted in his luggage by airport officials to extort money (see tanim droga & tanim bala).
VpJZ TIL that the world’s biggest and most advanced radio telescope will be built by 2024. It can scan the sky 10,000 times faster and with 50 times the sensitivity of any other telescope, it will be able to see 10 times further into the universe and detect signals that are 10 times older
rRMB4 TIL that on July 4, 1776, George Washington bought a broom.
gJQA TIL that Queen Elizabeth II had to use ration coupons to buy the material for her wedding gown
5lmp TIL: Siberian tigers are reported to be the most patient and punishing predators