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TIL that Minecraft is the best selling video game of all time, selling over a 180 Million copies since its 2011 release.

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8aYpL TIL about Jon Postel, a researcher who in 1998 hijacked the internet to prove a point about it's poor security. Instead of being reprimanded he was appointed to run ICANN, the authority now responsible for overseeing domain naming and ensuring the internet's ongoing stability.
WpvX TIL Ridley Scott was set to direct I Am Legend with Arnold Schwarzenegger as the lead, a dialogue free opening hour and an ending in line with Matheson’s original.
GM9G TIL that the reason spiders’ legs curl when they die is that spiders use the blood pressure spike from their heartbeat to extend their legs out. When they die their heart ceases to beat and their legs curl.
6MYl TIL that Texas cancelled its last meal program after an inmate ordered two chicken fried steaks, a triple-meat bacon cheeseburger, a large bowl of fried okra, a pound of barbecue, three fajitas, a meat lover’s pizza, a pint of ice cream, and a slab of peanut butter fudge and didn’t eat any of it.
7jLL TIL 3 of the first 5 US presidents died on July 4th.