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TIL in 2021, Denuvo rendered a number of games unplayable because they forgot to renew their domain name.

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AGJg TIL that John Steinbeck once said of the Model T Ford: “Two generations of Americans knew more about the Ford coil than about the clitoris”
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xlpk TIL L. Ron Hubbard considered himself a nuclear physicist, though “His university records indicate that his exposure to ‘nuclear physics’ consisted of one class in 'atomic and molecular phenomena’ for which he earned an 'F’ grade.”
JYlRv TIL when Mad Max was released in the US the original dialogue was redubbed by American actors, despite already being in English
jN8aa TIL that whenever WWE wrestler Ric Flair wore red, it meant he was going to lose that match.