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TIL Roller Coaster tycoon was programmed by one guy. In Assembly.

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jMen TIL the University of Phoenix spends more on marketing and advertising than on teaching and classroom expenses
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).
neGeY TIL that Jimi Hendrix played guitar for Little Richard
l76Y7 TIL that an elderly Salvador Dali became severely burned as his excessive use of the assistance button next to his bed caused it to short-circuit and set the bed aflame.
Z8Pwo TIL that Matt Stutzmann- a man without arms- holds the record in archery for the farthest accurate shot under FITA conditions. The shot is on 283.47 m (930.04 ft)!