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TIL that CS 1.6 has a map called cs_italy2, huge surprise to me considering I was a fervent CS player and love the original map.

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XEr5j TIL Stu, the IT guy from "what we do in the shadows", is in fact an IT guy named Stu in real life. He thought he was on set to help with IT related tasks and had no idea how big his part in the movie was until filming was almost wrapped
4k6a5 TIL Alice Hamilton was the first woman appointed to the Harvard University faculty in any field. During her years at Harvard (1919-1935), she never received a faculty promotion. She was excluded from social activities, could not enter the Harvard Union, or attend the Faculty Club.
6yaJ TIL North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il was claimed to complete a 72 par course in 34 strokes, managing a world record five holes-in-one, making him the best golfer in the history of the world. It was also apparently the first time he has ever golfed.
W7d8Y TIL that in 1859 Joshua Norton, a businessman from San Francisco who had to file for bankruptcy the previous year, proclaimed himself "Emperor of the United States".
jN8QR TIL the term "Native American" is falling out of favor amongst indigenous Americans, in favor of indigenous Americans, American Indian, or the name of their own tribe.