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TIL The Minnesotan public school teachers who created The Oregon Trail never made a cent off the game

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9Wam TIL that after his daughter’s killer went on the run, a 76-year-old hired 2 men to find, kidnap and turn him over to the authorities. The dad then received a one-year suspended sentence for kidnapping.
PYe4Z A single atom is visible to the naked eye in this stunning photo.
5Y5LD TIL that Sylvester Stallone thinks having the Second Amendment is “like living in the Dark Ages” and has been described as “the most anti-gun person in Hollywood”
Q7rL TIL that Medicare fully covers dialysis (~80k/yr) and kidney transplants (~263k) but only covers three years of immunosuppressive drugs (~18k/yr). This creates a cycle in which patients can’t afford their medicine, the kidney fails, and the patient is put on dialysis - in need of another transplant.
d87JQ TIL that The Sound of Music is a true story