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TIL That Rockstar Games Sold Pirated Copies Of Their Own Games Due To DRM Issues; These Included Manhunt, Max Payne and Midnight Club

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xVv11 TIL about the Ket people, an isolated population of 1200 in Siberia. Their language is strikingly similar in structure to the Native North American languages, and they are one of the last true hunter and gatherer societies on Earth.
xVAaw TIL of Dancing Mania, also known as dancing plague, St. John's Dance or St. Vitus's Dance. This was a social phenomenon that occurred primarily in mainland Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries. It involved groups of people dancing erratically, sometimes thousands at a time.
R7GK8 TIL Jeopardy! Contestants stand on adjustable platforms so that they all appear to be the same height on camera.
jyKM TIL In one of the more surreal moments of the Cold War, on this day (Sep 19) in 1959, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev exploded with anger when he learned he could not visit Disneyland.
yVyxX TIL Chris Pratt is the son-in-law of Arnold Schwarzenegger