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TIL multiplayer mode in Goldeneye was made by 2 guys in the last six weeks of development, and was added in without Nintendo’s knowledge

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ngd9 TIL that the Ancient Athenian historian and general Thucydides (460-400 BCE) was the first to record the connection between earthquakes and tsunamis
1VP TIL that in the making of the South Park episode “Make Love, Not Warcraft” with Blizzard’s help, a random unknown character joined the closed server and started killing people, making the Blizzard people use the “death touch” to get rid of him. (at 3:37)
vn08 TIL that very few educated people since Greek times believed the Earth to be flat. The myth that ppl believed in a flat earth was made up to demonize religion.
o1Jr TIL Barbara Lee was the only member of congress to vote no on the AUMF after 9/11 stating “It was a blank check to the president to attack anyone involved in the September 11 events—without regard to our nation’s long-term foreign policy, national security interests, and without time limit.”
8LxP TIL The etymology of the worlds most recognizable word, “okay / OK”, comes from a fad in the 1830s where people purposely misspelt “all correct” as “oll korrect”.