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TIL game designer Will Wright was inspired to create The Sims by the 1991 Oakland firestorm. He lost his home in the fire, and wanted to create a game that emulated his experience of rebuilding his life in the aftermath.

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8eAGZ TIL a Hungarian psychologist wrote a book on how to raise a genius. He proposed his ideas to a teacher. They married and raised three chess grandmasters, two of them became record-breakers and one even became the first female to beat the top ranked male.
x410 TIL of 7ft 9in Angus MacAskill. Known for his strength, MacAskill could lift a 2,800 lb ship anchor to his chest, carry 350 lb barrels under his arms, and he even lifted a horse over a 4 ft fence.
LEjm TIL the US Patent and Trademark Office has the ability to suppress patents that it deems a danger to national security. As of 2012, over 5300 patents have been suppressed and Congress wants to give the USPTO broader powers to limit inventions that could damage the economy.
gNe9 TIL “Bart Gets An F” is the highest rated episode of The Simpsons. 33.6 million viewers tuned in during its original airing on October 11, 1990.
YpAn7 TIL A synthesizer repairman accidentally had a 9-hour acid trip after picking at a crystalline structure on an old sythesizer from the 60s which turned out to be LSD. A LSD researcher explained that LSD can remain potent for decades and be absorbed through the skin.