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TIL EVE Online is the only MMO that features an officially recognised player-elected council that is flown twice a year to Reykjavik to meet with the game developers to discuss the ideas and concerns of the player base.

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GADVg TIL the Maori tā-moko (tattoo) approach, one of 5 main Polynesian tattoo styles, had travelling practitioners considered sacred. The traditional practice used pigments that were handed down across generations and uhi (chisels) leave grooves in the skin
Xm4r TIL having chronic pain can damage your brain over time because of constant brain activity in areas of the brain that should normally be at rest
W77gN TIL about Rei Dunois who, using body prosthetics and makeup successfully passed himself off as a female cosplayer. When he eventually admitted who he was in 2020, his following increased.
N6QM TIL Rickey Henderson was so proud of his $1,000,000 bonus check he framed it instead of cashing it.
8a9wZ TIL that an Indian woman defended her father from three gunmen that had broken into their home, and fought them off. She disarmed one, attacked him with an axe, then killed him with his own gun, before shooting and wounding another as he made his escape.