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TIL EA bought out exclusive rights to be the sole producer of NFL games under the Madden Franchise. This is because its competitor (2K Sports) released NFL 2K5 for $19.99 and was considered one of the best football games of all time. EA ensured 2K could never make another football game again.

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KYl9B TIL in 1847, Israel Josaphat used pigeons to bypass a gap in telegraph lines to get info from Paris to Berlin faster than the Mail Train. He would later change his name to Paul Reuter and found the eponymous news org
PYgXV TIL inmates in Brazilian APAC prisons can reduce their sentence by 3 days per book they read and write a report on... A part of a larger program that has reduced recitivism from 70% to as low as 7% in these prisons.
KOAM9 TIL that in 1968, four submarines sank mysteriously. An Israeli sub disappeared in January - four days later, a French sub went missing and was never seen again. In March a Soviet sub exploded and sank, and in May a US sub also exploded and sank - both causes remain officially unknown.
W7rxY TIL Indo-Mediterranean trade relations have existed since at least ~2000 BCE based on the presence of turmeric, banana, sesame, monkeys & peacocks all originating from India. According to some scholars, the connection between Israel and India was recorded during the reign of King Solomon.
vPXOD TIL The Baseball Manager Connie Mack was the longest-serving manager in Major League Baseball history and holds record for wins (3,731), losses (3,948). He also had a code of conduct for all his players that included not judging people on the basis of race or religion.