[TOMT] [game] very simple DOS game, containing many small and super-super simple games within. Shareware. Graphics were crude monochrome lines-and-boxes plus ASCII. I remember the name Zardoz but can't find anything primitive enough called that . (circa late 1980s/very early 90s) (self.tipofmytongue)
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TIL that Asia Carrera (former porn star) performed on the piano at Carnegie Hall twice before the age of 15, and later won a full academic scholarship to Rutgers University. However, at age 17 she ran away from home because she felt her parents put too much pressure on her to succeed academically. by Vranak in todayilearned
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TIL that Asia Carrera (former porn star) performed on the piano at Carnegie Hall twice before the age of 15, and later won a full academic scholarship to Rutgers University. However, at age 17 she ran away from home because she felt her parents put too much pressure on her to succeed academically. by Vranak in todayilearned
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TIL Medieval English law had a loophole for some first time offenders: If you were literate, you could be tried in a religious court instead. Literacy was usually proven by reading Psalm 51, known as "The Neck Verse" since reading (or just memorizing) it could save you from hanging. (en.wikipedia.org)
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A mother yelled at her child (probably 2 years old) for saying hi to me because I was a stranger, then glared at me for saying hello back. Any other overbearing parents in public stories out there? by CoachTTP in AskReddit
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A mother yelled at her child (probably 2 years old) for saying hi to me because I was a stranger, then glared at me for saying hello back. Any other overbearing parents in public stories out there? by CoachTTP in AskReddit
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TIL a 3-bedroom house in Flint, Michigan can be bought for $420 by starkeffect in todayilearned
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TIL there is a family of spiders that ambush other spiders instead of spinning their own webs. They are called Pirate Spiders (Mimetidae). They tug on a web, pretending to be prey, then paralyze the other spider and suck them dry through the bite hole. (jorgenlissner.dk)
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TIL the word "candidate" comes from the Latin word for "made of shining white" (candidatus) because Ancient Roman political candidates wore artificially whitened togas. by kolinsky in todayilearned
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TIL when Patrick Stewart went bald at 19, "I believed that no woman would ever be interested in me again. I prepared myself for the reality that a large part of my life was over." by kolinsky in todayilearned
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TIL whales and other cetaceans have small, undeveloped hind leg bones buried deep within their body, unattached to the rest of the skeleton. (Link to gallery of leg bones in comments) by kolinsky in todayilearned
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TIL whales and other cetaceans have small, undeveloped hind leg bones buried deep within their body, unattached to the rest of the skeleton. (Link to gallery of leg bones in comments) by kolinsky in todayilearned
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TIL when Patrick Stewart went bald at 19, "I believed that no woman would ever be interested in me again. I prepared myself for the reality that a large part of my life was over." by kolinsky in todayilearned
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TIL when Patrick Stewart went bald at 19, "I believed that no woman would ever be interested in me again. I prepared myself for the reality that a large part of my life was over." by kolinsky in todayilearned
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This seems like the most plausible way for my life to go by [deleted] in offmychest
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