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TIL the US Army released a series of FPS video games, on multiple mainstream gaming platforms, in an effort to recruit prospective soldiers

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VjJk TIL indigenous peoples in Mexico and California use base-8 number systems because they count using the spaces between their fingers rather than the fingers themselves.
06yM TIL: DJ Grand Wizzard Theodore invented record scratching when his mother came into the room to complain about the noise. He put his hand on the record to stop it from spinning and was intrigued by the sound
VMYlm TIL- Rapper T.I. not once, but twice has successfully intervened and talked someone down while they were mid suicide attempt.
BLnK TIL: George Lucas said Star Wars movies are “for children,” and that his fan base just doesn’t want to admit it.
RYea TIL a Cuban cow was killed in 1960 by debris from a failed US satellite.