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

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W7ZKA TIL Tania Head faked being a 9/11 survivor and led a survivors' group. She also faked her suicide after getting caught
5Ydj8 TIL many turtles and tortoises are kept in refrigerators to artificially hibernate over the winter.
R7PG6 TIL the lowest form of accommodation in Victorian England was access to bend over a rope for the night for the price of a penny. It is said to be the origin of the term "Hungover".
b6vWa TIL that British prisoners were considered unsuitable for farm labour as being "particularly arrogant to the local population" and "particularly well treated by the womenfolk"
y4ov TIL that people who stay up later are likely to be more intelligent, but have lower grades than morning people