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TIL the Panama Canal is running out of water.

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QNDXd TIL Bill Atkinson, an early engineer working on the OG Macintosh at Apple, developed the "double click"
R7GJl TIL Tomohiro Nishikado, creator of Space Invaders, made the entire game himself. Not only was he its designer, programmer, artist, and sound mixer, but he also engineered the game’s microcomputer from scratch.
pMN TIL that for after 4 decades, US has spent 1,000,000,000,000 dollars ($1 trillion) on a failed war on drugs
rNa81 TIL Ryan from the OC (Ben McKenzie) majored in foreign affairs and economics at university and is an outspoken critic of cryptocurrency. He is set to publish a book exposing the tactics used by major cryptocurrencies and exploring the underlying conditions that gave rise to crypto.
QNGJ9 TIL that the band Tenacious D got their name from NBA commentator Walt Frazier's phrase for when players played tough defense.