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TIL Electronic Arts needed an intense audit to realize that FIFA versions prior to FIFA 14 had incorrect drag coefficient of the ball, which led to unrealistic behavior of the ball.

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WkNP8 TIL that Godzilla was named an official citizen and tourism ambassador of Japan in 2015.
EW7P TIL when Nick Drake released his album Pink Moon in 1972 it only sold 2,000 copies. In 2000, 25 years after his death, Volkswagen used the title track for an advertisement and the record sold 5,000 more copies. He was known to have despised commercialism.
E14nX TIL George H.W. Bush ordered emergency airlifts of food and supplies to Somalia in 1992.“Operation Restore Hope,” to help the starving country by protecting food shipments from the warlords. By helping to end the famine, American forces saved around 100,000 lives
N784N TIL about Genna, a traditional Ethiopian sport similar to field hockey, played on a cow field without removing the cows. The goals are sometimes miles apart.
X0vZE TIL Slimmer women's waist is associated with better erectile function in men independent of age