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TIL the developers of Game Dev Tycoon released a pirated version that caused players to go bankrupt because of piracy

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Bganx TIL that according to The Rules of Oléron, circa 1266, Article XXIII, an harbour pilot was liable to lose his head by the captain of the ship, without penalty, should he run the captain's ship aground.
BrQDe TIL a town bully was killed in Skidmore & 40+ people witnesses it but claimed they saw nothing. “ I can’t think of anyone who’d seen it (the shooting) feel any different than you would about the people who invented penicillin. Nobody tried to hang them for finding a way to kill a germ,” said one.
kv45 TIL of “Japan’s hardest test”, the Kendo 8th dan Judgement Test. Held twice each year, less than 1% ever pass. Out of ~200 million Kendo swordsmen in the country, less than 400 have achieved 8th dan.
xL1g TIL that the often-quoted factoid, “there are more people alive today than have ever died” is completely false. In fact, the living will probably never outnumber the dead.
A8pl TIL Right before Marie Antoinette was guillotined, her last words were “Pardon me sir, I meant not to do it,” because she had accidentally stepped on the executioner’s foot.