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TIL Google Doodles’ first interactive game, Pacman, was said to have cost economy $120,000,000.

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rRynw TIL that in medievel England, eels were used and accepted , to an extent, as currency, mostly in rental agreements. Many rental agreements, where the landlord would stipulate the rent due in "eel currency" were found. 25 eels would be a "stick". 10 sticks a bind.
5VLQB TIL in 2001 army major Charles Ingram cheated his way to £1,000,000 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire by having a fellow contestant cough every time he read the right answer. For one question the coughing came from Ingram's wife. All three were convicted of fraud.
gjkX TIL: The inspiration for the Lone Ranger was a black man born into slavery who later became a US Marshall and was credited with 3,000 arrests and killing 14 outlaws
oPPr TIL that the universe is an estimated 1.4 x 10^27 meters wide. There was an attempt to make 1.0 x10^27 one “Hellameter.” So it could be said that the universe was “Hella meters wide.”
xV5x1 TIL urine indicator dyes for pools are a myth. There is no such thing as a chemical that turns urine in swimming pools blue or red.