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TIL: Microsoft just updated their terms and specifically disallowed monetization of gameplay videos on YouTube

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loPXG TIL that stop signs have 8 sides because in 1923, it was suggested that the more dangerous an upcoming road was, the more sides a traffic sign should have. Circles (infinite number of sides) designated the riskiest hazards, octagons the second-most dangerous, and rectangles were informational.
4XAKg TIL after Tama the Station Master Cat died, she was enshrined as a spirit goddess named Tama Daimyōjin (たま大明神) in a nearby Shinto cat shrine.
7kAx TIL the assassin bug wears its victims’ corpses as armor
QNV0L TIL In 2003, the All-England Lawn Tennis Club (organizers of Wimbledon) began paying $2M annually for pandemic insurance, which it did for 17 years. In 2020, Wimbledon was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Club collected a $141M payout.
Y7aMr TIL Runaway Train by Soul Asylum actually found 21 of the 36 missing kids mentioned in the song.