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TIL That about 37% of purchased steam games are never played.

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ADk4w TIL Charlie Chaplin received a 12-minute standing ovation when he won the Honorary Oscar in 1972, the longest in Oscar history
9rbG TIL that the Soviet Union refused to host the 1980 Paralympics, stating that none of their citizens had disabilities.
6EjWZ TIL that, although people consider prostitution to be the "oldest profession", human beings have been practicing dentistry since around 7000BCE. This makes the oldest surviving records of dentistry far older than that of prostitution.
5kGP TIL that two days after the Beatles released Sgt. Peppers, Paul McCartney and George Harrison went to a Jimi Hendrix show. Hendrix opened with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band.
ADBWo TIL that a study by Felix Warneken and Michael Tomasello showed that when given rewards for helping, children were less likely to help in future situations compared to when they were not given rewards.