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TIL the first videogame console with the possibility to install videogames over the internet was the Atari 2600 in 1983

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d15r TIL Yew trees can exceed 1000 years, are often found in graveyards, and have a long association with death; they’re deadly poisonous to humans, with no known antidote. However, the tree is used to make taxanes, which are used to fight cancer.
N7jL6 TIL that a chalkboard used by Einstein with his original writing is kept in a museum.
1ark7 TIL that Allied soldiers summarily executed guards at Dachau after discovering the concentration camp. Estimates vary as to how many but range between 35 and 50.
nepWd TIL an orchestra consisting of amateurs or musicians playing instruments they were unfamiliar with sold out the Albert Hall. Members included Brian Eno.
E9Mw TIL The youngest known person to commit suicide was 6 year old Samantha Kuberski who tied a belt to a crib and hung herself after being sent to her room.