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TIL Pinball was illegal in Oakland until 2014.

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wLLLM TIL James Watson (co-discoverer of the structure of DNA), had to auction off his Nobel Prize Medal due to poverty. A Russian billionaire bought it for $4.1M and returned it stating, “a situation in which an outstanding scientist has to sell a medal recognising his achievements is unacceptable.”
D16wV TIL Bacterial Meningitis is a very serious and easy to spread illness. Survivors are usually left with life-long disabilities. A makeup vlogger had all 4 limbs amputated from it.
0d1KL TIL during a hunting trip in 1913 the race car driver Camille Jenatzy hid behind a bush, made animal noises and was promptly shot by a friend, he died in a car on the way to hospital, fulfilling his own prediction that he would die in a Mercedes
KO4lB TIL the median age of Afghanistan is only 18.9 years. Thus, over half the population is below the age of 19.
5VBZk TIL that Kurioshi, Japan, has purpose-built tsunami evacuation towers