Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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In the case of an emergency, a Crayola crayon can be used as a candle and will burn for about 15 minutes.
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In 2011, two men paraglided from the summit of Mt. Everest, arriving at a village in 42 minutes and avoiding the dangerous conventional 3 day descent.
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