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TIL that Video Game Arcades are niche and super rare in Germany. In the 1980s, the protections for minors became significantly stricter in relation to video game arcades. Arcade machines were dismissed as “games of chance” and underage access was and IS STILL denied.

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W7xvL TIL Dr. Hawley Crippen was tried & executed for killing his wife, in 1910, on the evidence her alleged remains were found in their house. A century later, DNA testing done on the remains proved they were not hers, had no genetic relation, and were male.
BYwW TIL a murder case in ancient China that involved the use of a sickle was solved by testing the whole village’s sickles to see which one attracted flies in the midday sun, the culprit was identified and justice was delivered.
VBnLD TIL not all rectangular national flags have the same proportions. Belgium (13:15), Niger (6:7) and Denmark (28:37) are almost a square. Paraguay (11:20), America (10:19) and Qatar (11:28) are flatter bois. El Salvador is a 189:335 and Togo is a 1:φ.
RZE6 TIL of Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano, who, during a 6 hour spacewalk on the ISS, nearly became the first man to drown in space when his helmet began to inexplicably fill with water.
675J TIL the Yin Yang symbol was used on a Roman shield 700 years before it appeared in China.