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TIL Nolan Bushnell, creator of the Atari, was also responsible for creating Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza.

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B8ny TIL the Supreme Court’s ruling on FCC v. AT&T, which determined that corporations don’t have the same rights as people, ends “We trust that AT&T will not take it personally”
nJyP TIL At the height of WW1, a German-American miner was lynched by a hysterical anti-German mob in Illinois. The participants were all promptly acquitted by a jury, with the Washington Post stating that although the murder was bad, it was a ‘healthful and wholesome’ show of patriotism.
9YMbp TIL that Skylab, the first U.S. space station, cost $2.2 billion but was occupied for only 6 months of its 6 years in orbit. It was damaged during launch and eventually fell to Earth on July 11, 1979. The debris fell on western Australia, and the Shire of Esperance fined NASA A$400 for littering.
vG4L TIL a Canadian Research Firm has developed Invisible Camouflage, and is sharing it w/ the U.S. Government.
bNZZ TIL - Advertisers are digitally adding product placement in TV shows years after they come out promoting current campaigns/deals etc.