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TIL: The Atari 2600, adjusted for inflation, cost $790 in today's dollars

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OGlAe TIL in March of ‘62, during development for the B-58 Hustler, a black bear named Yogi became the first living being to survive a supersonic ejection.
M7oQA TIL the most sadistic word in the English language: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
j6RpM TIL In 1938, Orson Welles on Halloween night, broadcast live an adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel War of the Worlds over the CBS Radio Network. The episode is famous for inciting a panic by convincing some members of the listening audience that a Martian invasion was really taking place.
j6na TIL that there is an American Ultimate Disc League, and it’s apparently gaining steam.
PYllV TIL after returning to Earth, the Apollo 11 crew was still required to complete a US customs form for entry into Hawaii.