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TIL Starcraft was the first computer game to be played in space.

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Egl67 TIL that the Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving was founded in New York in 1912 to oppose pointless Christmas gifts and the custom of employees giving expensive presents to bosses. It reached 6,000 members, with Theodore Roosevelt as its first male member, before fading during WWI.
5VKRR TIL That the 16th century Swiss alchemist Paracelsus claimed to have created a homunculus (a tiny human) by placing a vial of semen in horse dung, burying the mixture for 40 days, then digging it up and feeding it his blood for another 40 days.
4kMoJ TIL the current fastest Wifi band (6GHz) already transmits, but most people can't access it. As of 2023, tech giants such has Apple only have 2 phones that support it.
prwp TIL Jack Johnson (the first ever African American heavyweight boxing champion) was pulled over for a $50 speeding ticket, but he gave the officer $100 telling him to keep the change as he was going to make the return trip at the same speed.
RMYQ TIL Johnny Cage was based upon actor Jean-Claude Van Damme. The creators of Mortal Kombat were hired to make a video game for Van Damme’s film Universal Soldier – when the deal fell through, they created MK and added Johnny Cage as a parody of the situation.