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TIL about Space Invaders : Adjusted for inflation, the many versions of the game are estimated to have grossed over $13 billion in total revenue as of 2016, making it the highest-grossing video game of all time.

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0d9ZR TIL about Nobel Disease, when Nobel Prize winners come out with ludicrous or objectionable theories in areas outside their area of expertise later on in life. Example: Montagnier, who discovered HIV, believe that DNA gave off electromagnetic signals :0
OoRE7 TIL of "interpersonal synchronization" - the feeling of when you "click" with someone. Studies show people's brain waves sync in wavelengths called the alpha–mu band, or what scientists call brain-to-brain coupling, and mirror each other neurologically in terms of what they are focusing on.
78Lnp TIL there's a city called "The Bottom"
kJxG4 TIL in 2016 film composer John Williams became the first person ever to be awarded the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award that wasn't an actor or director.
9wWXX TIL 13-year-old BlueScuti became the first human to reach the "kill screen" for the NES version of Tetris after a 40-minute 1,511 line performance. And until just a few years ago, the Tetris community at large had assumed that it was functionally impossible for someone to get much past 290 lines.