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TIL that from 2018-2020, the popular online video game “Among Us” was in violation of the Geneva Conventions Act for using a red cross symbol in the MedBay.

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QR69 TIL that on October 19, 1864 Confederate soldiers slipped across the border from Canada and looted and robbed their way through Vermont during the American Civil War. They stole $208,000 or around $3 million in 2014 money
D9dv TIL after Hurricane Ike, Comcast customers were billed as much as $1000 for unreturned equipment like DVRs that had been destroyed by the hurricane.
9PdD TIL after the success of The Hobbit, Tolkien wanted to publish a book on the history of Middle Earth, The Silmarillion, it was through a misunderstanding that the publisher rejected the draft without reading it, leading Tolkien to write another story about hobbits, which began The Lord of the Rings.
M7gxm TIL that even though the Minions from “Despicable Me” speak a fictitious language, they are re-dubbed for each language the films are released in so that their speech patterns are recognizable to the audience.