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TIL that censoring video games would be a first amendment violation, according to a 2011 verdict

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LQ6AP TIL on rare occasions, legal cases will be against objects rather than persons, such as in the case of "United States v. Article Consisting of 50,000 Cardboard Boxes More or Less, Each Containing One Pair of Clacker Balls !
XD18 TIL that the YMCA threatened to sue the Village People for their song YMCA until they noticed their membership significantly increased in the wake of the song’s popularity
VM9Jm TIL that back in May 1984, a 72 years old grandmother ordered her groceries online from Tescos. (world's 1st home online shopping experience)
9x5G TIL that Tutankhamun’s body is not in a museum, but has been returned to his tomb.
OoELX TIL that the 1998 science fiction film "Soldier" starring Kurt Russell was meant to share a universe with "Blade Runner" and has oblique references to it and stories by Philip K. Dick.