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TIL longest prison sentence for playing a video game belongs to Faiz Chopdat for playing Tetris on a flight.

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voP4 TIL that in September 1939 the last thing BBC television aired before going off the air was a Mickey Mouse cartoon. When broadcasts resumed in 1946, the same cartoon was replayed.
1aRad TIL that George Washington Carver's research into uses for peanuts was motivated by a desire to help poor sharecroppers in the South. At the time, the overproduction of cotton was depleting the soil of nutrients, and the boll weevil infestation threatened to destroy cotton crops.
lOMK TIL Worf has appeared in more Star Trek episodes than any other character.
OoZE4 TIL Three Honolulu firefighters were killed, and six wounded, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, making them the only fire department on American soil to be attacked by a foreign power.
kXjg TIL that in 1355, two Oxford Students started a two day riot that killed over 90 people over the quality of wine at a local tavern.