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TIL that the PC version of Alan Wake has a piracy protection that shames the players.

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D11yY TIL that Newfoundland dogs have webbed paws!
ZpAdY TIL In 1877 Jules Janssen used a special 5.5 inch solar telescope to take the first photos of the Sun showing granulation on its surface. Of the 6000 images made for his 1904 Solar Atlas, only seven survived
VM8a8 TIL that Tuvalu (a Pacific island nation) leased the rights to the .tv domain in 1999 for $50 million; the deal trebled their entire national income, and one of the first things they bought was a membership in the United Nations
b179 TIL in 1893 the first graduating class of New Mexico State University had only one student - and he was murdered before graduation.
REBl TIL that there are as few as 3200 tigers left in the wild, down from 100000 at the beginning of the 20th Century.