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TIL that the first video game ever created, Tennis for Two, was developed in 1958 by physicist William Higinbotham. It was a simple two-player tennis simulation displayed on an oscilloscope, and predates Pong by almost 15 years.

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OGYD1 TIL that in 1996, Dallas business man John Spano bought controlling ownership of the NHLs New York Islanders for $165 million dollars. After nearly a year it came to light he didn’t have nearly enough funds to complete his purchase of his team.
aweKL TIL Despite the Supreme Court declaring such laws unconstitutional in 1967, Alabama did not remove a clause in its state constitution prohibiting interracial marriage until 2000
9eym TIL, Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of such Nintendo games as Mario, Donkey Kong, and Zelda, has a hobby of guessing the measurements of objects, then checking to see if he was correct. He enjoys the hobby so much he carries a tape measure with him everywhere.
Ojoa TIL Psy was sentenced to 25 days in jail for marijuana possession and as a result was unable to be with his grandfather when he lost his battle with cancer, or attend his funeral
0wAnj TIL in 1981 a man named Roger Fischer had an idea for a volunteer to have ICBM launch codes put in their chest cavity. In the event of an emergency, the volunteer would carry a knife to be killed with. It was meant to force the personal killing of one man to start the impersonal killing of millions.