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TIL a Roman serial killer was raped by a specially trained giraffe then torn apart by animals as a form of punishment

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l7vY7 TIL Germans and Americans fought side by side during WWII.
lWlK TIL about “token sucking” - someone, generally a homeless person, earns his sustenance by clogging the token receptacle in the subway turnstile with gum or a paperclip. The tokens become backed up in the receptacle and then “sucks them out by placing his lips around the opening and inhaling.”
8anMK TIL of Aardman Animations, a British animation studio based in Bristol. They are known for films using plasticine and clay animations, their most famous characters being Wallace and Gromit. They also did the animation for Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" music video
9wgKB TIL Rockstar originally offered GTA 3 to Xbox as an exclusive release but Xbox executives rejected it because they didnt think Rockstar could effectively transition the game from 2D to 3D. This would lead Sony to sign GTA 3 to a timed exclusivity deal on the PS2. Overall GTA 3 would sell 14.5m units
kObA4 TIL Jerry Lawson pioneered home video gaming in the 1970's by helping to invent the Fairchild Channel F, the first system with interchangeable cartridges. One of few black engineers in computing at the time, he unfortunately received less recognition than deserved due to the Channel F's poor sales.