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TIL the 3rd highest grossing video game of all time is Dungeon Fighter Online from 2005, an obscure game in the west but overwhelmingly popular in Asia with 850 million players worldwide, earning $22 billion over its lifetime

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16K4 TIL In a motor accident, where a speeding car hits a slower moving vehicle coming from the side, the speeding car drivers often swear that they just didn’t see the vehicle coming from the left or right. Well, they aren’t lying.This phenomenon is known as “Motion Induced Blindness”.
mxQgR TIL about 18th century thai king Suriyenthrathibodi , who was nicknamed the tiger king for his appalling private life and his acts of cruelty.
4kDpN TIL Aldi Nord also owns the Trader Joe's grocery chain in the United States
rNLnM TIL that Christine Jorgensen, a former WWII GI, became the first American widely known to undergo gender-affirming surgery in the early 1950s, later becoming a public figure and advocate.
eXOk TIL that the Nuremberg Principals state that simply following the orders of your government does not excuse you from the consequences of violating international law