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TIL that Nintendo tried to shut down not just a Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament at EVO 2013, but the whole event itself, which was a charity fundraiser event. Nintendo quickly reversed the decision after backlash.

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kOjKE TIL The current British dynasty is only known as the House of Windsor because they changed their original German name during World War I to sound more British.
7rbBb TIL about Calixa Lavallée a Canadian who fought for the Union in the American Civil War. He later went on to compose the music for “O Canada” the Canadian national anthem. 33-55,000 Canadians fought for the Union in the Civil War.
e0AlE TIL The founder of Mormonism was shot several times, fell out of a window, died, and proceeded to be shot more.
WOYL TIL that starting in 1988, the Harvard Medical School partnered with film and TV studios to insert the concept of the “Designated Driver” into popular consciousness. The project was a huge success.
QJOE6 TIL Juries have 12 people because of Jesus and his Twelve Apostles