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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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9w4D TIL that the invention of tea bags was an accident/misunderstanding. Tea was meant to be removed from the bags before being used, but nobody told the first recipients that…
lon5r TIL about the "Anchoring Bias," the tendency to use initially presented information to make subsequent decisions. It is a widely studied psychological phenomenon, useful in salary negotiation, haggling, and sales.
d8Gyr TIL: That you can grow bamboo in Canada and cold climates, some species are even solid and can withstand temperatures down to -25 (f).
b6yL7 TIL that deaf children have great difficulty learning to read; and high school seniors are likely to read at the level of a nine-year old.
9YQmm TIL that Neil Armstrong went to the North Pole with Sir Edmund Hillary (first to climb Mt Everest) and other prominent explorers. He said that he was curious to see it from the ground, since he'd only seen it from space.