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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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8eGg4 TIL that when USS Taylor was transporting members of the press off USS Missouri after the signing of the Japanese surrender, the ship's mascot, a dog named Subic who had been abused during the Japanese occupation of The Philippines, bit one of the Japanese newsmen in the leg.
ZnOo TIL that the world’s largest brothel, with 500 rooms, was built in Seattle in 1910. It was so scandalous that the mayor lost his job, and the building became the ordinary Lester Apartments. It was destroyed 40 years later when an air force bomber crashed into it.
7op TIL there is a Lego secret vault that holds nearly every lego set ever produced!
1aYp8 Today I learned about an Electric Eel named Miguel Wattson. Whenever he discharges a large enough jolt, a tweet will be automatically sent out to his own Twitter account @EelectricMiguel. He also powers the Christmas lights at the exhibit.
R5o6 TIL After conducting Symphony No. 9 stone deaf, Beethoven had to be physically turned around to see the audience applaud him (some waved handkerchiefs so he could visibly see their ovations)