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TIL Ubisoft released a series of games for the Nintendo DS and Wii called "My Coach", meant to "developing projects that make people feel that playing games is worth their while, learn a new skill or improve their daily lives", according to the series producer Pauline Jacquey.

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eXR4 TIL Subway once had to settle a lawsuit with angry customers who had proved each ‘footlong’ sandwich was really only 11 inches in length. It cost the company over a half-million dollars in legal fees, and each plaintiff earned close to $1,000 each.
ObE7 TIL Lord Byron’s nickname for his rival, William Wordsworth, was “William Turdsworth”
KO9EQ TIL that the Native American tribes removed to Oklahoma in the "Trail of Tears" were considered "civilized" and had adopted "Christianity, centralized governments, literacy, market participation, written constitutions, intermarriage with white Americans, and plantation slavery practices"
eEbJ TIL “Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God” was Benjamin Franklin’s suggested motto for the Great Seal of the U.S.
Njo6 TIL Ikea is actually a Non-profit “dedicated to furthering the advancement of architecture and interior design”