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TIL CEO of Three Market Square microchips employees
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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.
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TIL a British man tried to invoke his medieval right to trial by combat instead of paying a £25 fine
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TIL Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. in 1867 for $7 million, mainly due to lack of resources and in fear of losing it to the UK should a war break out between the two countries
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TIL in order to read Marie Curie’s radioactive research papers, you have to sign a paper saying it’s your own fault if you get radioactive yourself.
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TIL the emerald jewel wasp can remove a cockroach’s fight or flight response. This renders the cockroach docile, enabling the wasp to lead it around like a dog.