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TIL that if players pirated the video game “Game Dev Tycoon” - a game where the goal is to create and sell video games for profit - their in-game games get massively pirated which renders it unplayable.

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OGk86 TIL that it's a common misconception that Tennessee Williams choked to death on a bottle cap. In reality, he died from a toxic level of Seconal, a barbituary that he was using a bottle cap to ingest.
bdg0 TIL the ‘sand mafia’ is a huge problem in India, illegally mining sand and causing permanent environmental damage.
OyDL TIL that an English photographer makes her living by taking lookalike photos of celebrities, including so-called shots of the queen on the toilet, a US president playing guitar in a sauna, and Marilyn Monroe being intimate with J F K.
kOAbE TIL James Avery (Uncle Phil) served in the US Navy in Vietnam from 1968-69. He then moved to San Diego to write poetry and TV scripts for PBS and won an Emmy for his effort. He got a scholarship from UC San Diego and graduated there with a Bachelor’s degree in Drama and Literature in 1976.
8rlK TIL During the Revolutionary War in 1782, militia soldiers intercepted a consignment destined for the King of England. It was found to contain over 900 settler’s scalps taken by Seneca Indians allied with the British - 29 of which were taken from infants.