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TIL that in World of Warcraft, if you are drunk in-game, levels of enemies appear lower to the drunk player than they actually are, leading intoxicated players to unsuspecting deaths

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ya7M TIL the first Japanese person to obtain a bachelor’s degree was a 21-year-old who snuck a ride to America aboard a U.S. ship in 1864. The ship’s captain had to hide him from Japanese customs officials, as Japan still had the death penalty for anyone who traveled abroad without permission.
m1MGM TIL Brad Lee Davis was convicted of killing his stepfather, Davis St. Clair, with an "atomic wedgie" by pulling St. Clair's underwear over his back and head allowing the elastic band to wrap around his neck. Davis pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
7rxB7 TIL of the 19th amendment ratification flag, which was displayed 100 years ago this August 18th to commemorate the day women were given the right to vote. A star was added to the flag each time one of the required 36 states voted to ratify.
YpDg7 TIL Paradise City by Guns N' Roses was originally gonna have the line "Where the girls are fat and they have big titties", however the band voted against it.
WmKX TIL Danish philosopher Søren Kirkegaard published his works using amusing pseudonyms (perhaps best of all, Hilarius Bookbinder). Everyone in Copenhagen knew that Søren was the author, so at times he added to the title page of a book the scholarly note that it had been “edited by Søren Kierkegaard.”