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TIL that the largest player vs player battle in gaming history involved over 7000 players and lasted over 20 hours

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d8JXr TIL that July 17 is National Yellow Pig Day, which is a celebration of the number 17, but also involves a yellow pig with 17 eyelashes, toes, teeth, etc.
ndBb TIL All the royalties made from Hitler’s Mein Kampf since 1979 have been donated to “organisations that promote diversity and cross-cultural understanding”.
OGO9e TIL that during the American Revolutionary War,the Doan Outlaws, a gang of Quaker brothers from Pennsylvania,acted as British spies, stole over 200 horses to sell to the Redcoats, and in 1781 robbed the Bucks County treasury of £1,307, making it one of the largest public fund thefts in U.S. history.
wLDG7 TIL That At Least 29 Canadians Were Awarded The Medal of Honor For Serving in the American Civil War
aBm0 TIL young George R. R. Martin began writing by selling monster stories for pennies to other neighborhood children, dramatic readings included