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

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8BwL TIL Martian Van Buren Was the First President Born in the United States
b6ooj TIL that Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys is deaf in one ear, due to getting hit in the side of head with a lead pipe when he was a child.
N79r8 TIL Ford developed a nuclear-powered, steam-driven concept car in 1957
v1pb8 TIL Over 140 Polish pilots flew in the British Air Force during the Battle of Britain, making them the largest non-British nationality in the force. 2nd was New Zealand, and 3rd was Canada. Nearly a quarter of the pilots that fought for the RAF and RN in the Battle of Britain were not British.