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TIL in 1980, Rebecca Heineman wins the 1st national video game tournament, making her the 1st champion and 1st female champion.

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KYMB9 TIL Tupac's final album All Eyez on Me was released after Suge Knight paid Tupac's $1.4 million bail to get him released from jail. In return, Tupac agreed to release three albums on Death Row Records. The double album All Eyes on Me served as the first two albums in the three-album contract.
5VQ9p TIL the Higgs-Boson Particle, aka "the God Particle", was actually called "the Goddamn Particle" by physicists because it was so difficult to detect. Publishers forced the rename, resulting in a confusing tie to religion for the particle which is nearly universally hated by physicists.
v1v74 TIL Jay Chandrasekhar from Super Troopers full name is Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar, which translates literally to " victorious large penis rising moon "
VVaG TIL warming temperatures are making WWI military sites high up in the Alps accessible again, revealing relics and bodies from the “White War.”
XZ6r TIL that an investment bank which lost 75% of its employees in 9/11 sued American Airlines for negliegence in allowing terrorists on board, and won $135 million