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TIL A Taiwanese man collapsed and died from playing Diablo III for 40 straight hours.

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ElJo TIL when Vietnam invaded Cambodia, the Cambodian king sent a beautiful woman who convinced the Vietnamese commander to withdraw. The Vietnamese then sent a famous general, who also withdrew after meeting the same woman.
GD4J TIL that Al Gore’s documentary, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, was held by the British High Court to have nine errors in it, and cannot be shown in schools unless teachers point out the potentially problematic sections.
bV0N TIL the United States unintentionally landed a probe on Venus. One of the four atmosphere probes of the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe mission made it to the surface intact and transmitted information for over an hour.
jnoM TIL that the movie Trojan Wars with a budget of $15,000,000 has earned only $309 in box office
Dowv TIL The Danish government built a scale replica of the nation of Denmark in Minecraft. Soon after, American players invade, smuggle in illegal TNT, blow up virtual Copenhagen, and redecorate with virtual American flags and propaganda.