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TIL Brøderbund missed out on world exclusive Tetris rights for only 50k!

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5VM4D TIL a classmate of Anne Frank, Theo Coster (Morris Simon, 1928-2019), founded with his wife Ora (1931-2021) a game design company which invented popular games such as Guess Who?, Zingo! and the breast-inspired Pop-It fidget toy. Their headstones were made to resemble the Guess Who? flip-up frames.
9nW7 TIL the longest continual train rail can take you from the Portuguese coast, through Russia, all the way to southern Vietnam, covering over 10,700 miles (17k kilometers) and 17 countries in 13 days.
L1Yr TIL: In 1995, St. Jude’s Hospital received an anonymous letter with a $1 million winning McDonald’s Monopoly game piece. Although it was against the rules to transfer prizes, McDonald’s honored it even after learning that the piece was sent by an individual involved in an embezzlement scheme.
e0eXL TIL That Tupac Shakur Changed The Name Of His Publishing Company From 'Ghetto Gospel Music' To 'Joshua's Dream' After Meeting An 11 Yr. Old With Muscular Dystrophy Who Died 45 Minutes After Tupac Left The Hospital From Visiting Him.
P10yE TIL about Berea College. Founded by abolitionists in 1855, it's what's called a "work college" -- every student has a job on campus alongside their classes. This keeps costs down and no student pays tuition. There are nine work colleges in the U.S. where students pay little or no tuition.