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TIL about Muriel Tramis, the first Black female video game designer. Her game Gobliiins went on to sell 1.5 million copies in 1991. She was the first woman to receive Knight of Legion of Honour in 2018.

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5ZoQ TIL the French government gives medals to citizens who have “successfully raised several children with dignity.”
E1E9P Today i learned that hidden within in the files to the 2001 Spiderman game, there are numerous angry rants targeted towards an employee named Matt.
OMn1 TIL that Mao launched the ‘Hundred Flowers Movement’ in order to receive constructive criticism on how to change China and the CCP. Shortly after, he changed course and launched a campaing persecuting those who criticised him.
J1NNv TIL about Ötzi the Iceman, a remarkably well-preserved natural mummy from around 3300 BCE found in the Alps. Discovered in 1991, Ötzi is from Copper Age and had tattoos carried a copper axe, last meal was deer and grains. And still has relatives in Europe!
yRGM TIL Sean Connery was once stopped for speeding by an officer named Sergeant James Bond