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TIL Shinee's "Lucifer" was written by Bebe Rexha

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WKAN TIL: Stephen King donated so much money to help build a baseball field in Maine that the locals affectionately call it “Field of Screams”.
QJ6G9 TIL that Vincent Connare, the man who designed the font 'Comic Sans', said in 2017 that he has only used it once while sending a complaint letter to Sky Broadband. They offered him a £10 refund.
NXLm8 TIL that Shunsuke Takasugi, actor of Kazuya Oki in Kamen Rider Super-1, was reported to have stolen ¥50 million from fans between 2003 and 2012. After refusing to either return the money or appear in court to answer a lawsuit, Takasugi became a fugitive from justice, disappearing in 2017.
DQX0J TIL in Wisconsin, researchers found that the presence of wolves reduced vehicle collisions with deer by about a quarter, creating an economic benefit that was 63 times greater than the cost of wolves killing livestock.
9wgKB TIL Rockstar originally offered GTA 3 to Xbox as an exclusive release but Xbox executives rejected it because they didnt think Rockstar could effectively transition the game from 2D to 3D. This would lead Sony to sign GTA 3 to a timed exclusivity deal on the PS2. Overall GTA 3 would sell 14.5m units