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TIL of how Albert the 1st of Belgium died in a mountaineering accident that was considered murder by some due to his skill in the hobby.

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rNwnd TIL in 1940 a Jewish couple fled Paris just before the Nazis seized the city on a pair of homemade bicycles. Among the few possessions they carried with them was the manuscript they created for the a book called Curious George.
0Nep TIL a game company called Stab Yourself made a sequel to Tetris called Not Tetris 2. The game features “realistic physics”, meaning that the blocks have fluid movement and are not confined to the grid, often resulting in the game board becoming an impossible-to-clear mess.
l7NnN TIL that highest ever bird strike was recorded at the height of 37,000ft (11,470m)
WjQX TIL when the space station Skylab fell to Earth in 1979, it landed in Esperance, Western Australia. The Shire of Esperance fined NASA $400 for littering, which went unpaid for 30 years until a radio host raised the money and paid it on behalf of NASA.
gM6g9 TIL that when simple AI was taught to play Tetris, the best solution it found was to pause the game just before the screen filled up so it would never lose.