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TIL that "Shaun of the Dead" was considering the title "From Dusk Till Shaun." And that "Into the Spider-Verse" has a "From Dusk Till Shaun" movie poster in the background- suggesting it exists in a parallel universe.

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gMjn4 TIL multiboxing in gaming can be traced back to as far as April 1992, with the TinTin++, a MUD client made up of 700 lines of C code and which allowed playing and botting multiple characters. The Merc (MUD) developers discussed a programmatic way to detect multiboxing on Usenet in 1993.
J1KQ8 TIL mick jagger once bought a mansion while tripping on acid
ENdd TIL the leading cause of death for men under 50 in the UK is suicide
yVk9p TIL that SMS Schleswig-Holstein fired the first shots of World War II when she bombarded the Polish base at Danzig's Westerplatte in the early morning hours of 1 September 1939.
PYvQV TIL the blob of toothpaste shown in ads is called a ‘nurdle’ and there have been lawsuits between companies over the rights to use this shape.