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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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E1lvw TIL about the 1916 Black Tom island explosion, one of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions ever. The explosion of 2 million pounds of ammunition and 100K pounds of TNT damaged the nearby Statue of Liberty and was felt in Philadelphia and Maryland. German saboteurs were the likely culprits.
Aanl TIL humans have fewer genes than rice.
noGb TIL Renaissance women would make home made lotions to rid themselves of body hair. Ingredients included arsenic and cat dung.
Dobg TIL renowned French philosopher and mathematician Descartes had a fetish for cross-eyed women.
OokL7 TIL that Mobile City, boasting the highest population density of any city in Texas, consists of just a mobile home park, liquor store, and convenience store