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TIL in 2013 a chinese father hired gamers to ‘kill’ his son ingame repeatedly to stop his addiction to gaming.

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D4be TIL the University of Victoria offers courses in “Becoming Batman”
JwMv TIL that Muhammad Ali never turns down an autograph request because as a young boy, Cassius Clay asked his idol, boxer Sugar Ray Robinson for an autograph. Robinson rudely told the boy “I don’t got time.” Young Cassius never forgot how hurt he was by Robinson’s rejection.
9wJvG TIL Johnny Depp was the first person to hear Glass Animals' #1 Billboard hit "Heat Waves". Lead singer Dave Bayley was writing it late at night in a London studio when Depp, working in another studio, snuck into the room while searching for the restroom and listened to the entire unreleased track.
pZKQ TIL Stephen King wrote the book Misery as a fuck you to his fans who complained about The Eyes of the Dragon, which was written for his children, not being a horror book.
xVl91 TIL of the Peanut Butter Hearings of 1959, which took place after the FDA revealed that leading peanut butter products only contained 75% peanuts to cut costs. This enraged the public, who began referring to these products as “peanut-flavored face cream” and standard of at least 90% peanuts was set.