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TIL the increased speed in 'Space Invaders' was due to hardware limitations and not an initial design decision

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yQoLw Today I learned about Jury Nullification, a process where a jury in America can find a guilty defendant not guilty if they feel the law is immoral or unjustly applied.
LljZ TIL that an Australian man was declared dead for 14 minutes. He was revived and after leaving hospital he bought a lottery ticket and won a $27K car. While filming a news piece on his “good luck” be bought a lotter ticket to reenact the car win and he THEN won a $250K jackpot. Lucky much?
jNxMa TIL European Court of Human Rights finds that accusing people on social media of sexual crimes without proof or conviction is an Article 8 violation and that European states have a duty to take action against it.
69BB8 TIL that the slang term "The boonies", used to describe remote rural areas, is short for "The boondocks" which comes from the Tagalog word "Bundok", which means mountains. Boondocks was coined during the Philippine-American war of 1899.
6Erd8 TIL on Kenta Kobashi faced Kensuke Sasaki in a wrestling match where Yoshihiro Takayama, on commentary stated “I hope this never ends.” This was during a chop exchange fans were witness to. Over 180 chops across the chest were exchanged between the two men for nearly 5 minutes.