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TIL of Mesquite, Texas which in 1976 attempted to ban anyone under 17 from going to an arcade. Alladin's Castle (Bally) sued the city and eventually prevailed in a case that went to the Supreme Court. Years later, the city became home to id Software which created Doom/Quake and popularized PC gaming

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ZpPY TIL that there is an organization that has been actively tracking down and exterminating all surviving copies of the 90’s NES game, Shaq Fu.
NXYQQ TIL in 1998 ASEAN Championship, both Indonesia and Thailand wanted to deliberately lose their match so that they finish 2nd in their group and face "weaker" Singapore in the Semi-Final. Ironically, both of them got eliminated in the Semi-Finals and Singapore won the whole thing in the end.
6E9Ym TIL there is an International Standard for making a cup of tea, and the milk goes in first (except in Ireland who have officially expressed disapproval)
obj8 TIL popular WWE stars Brock Lesnar and wife Rena Greek AKA Sable reside on a small rural farm in Saskatchewan, Canada “It’s very basic for me. When I go home, I don’t buy into any of the B.S. Like I said, it’s pretty basic: Train, sleep, family, fight. It’s my life. I like it.” Brock Lesnar
4Pab TIL in 2000, when the cast of “Friends” wouldn’t come down from their $1,050,000/episode salary demands, NBC produced promos saying “You’ve loved them for seven years, see how it all ends with the series finale of Friends this Thursday”. The cast agreed to lower salaries.