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TIL Microtransactions accounted for 58% of PC gaming revenue last year

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nOWr TIL that the town of Marble Bar, Australia. Holds the world record of most consecutive days of 100 °F (37.8 °C) or above.
AePo TIL Harrods department store has a dress code policy. It has turned away people who it believed were not dressed appropriately. These included a soldier in uniform, a Scout troop, a woman with a mohican haircut, a 15 stone woman, and FC Shakhtar Donetsk’s first team for wearing tracksuits.
b9aRZ TIL that Jesse Owens "Day of Days" in 1935 saw him set four world records in 45 mins in athletics
d8E17 TIL Roald Dahl wrote a second "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" book, called "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator". It has space travel, Cold War politics, aliens, and Charlie's grandparents abusing drugs.
rogd TIL the common bottlenose dolphin and a false killer whale can mate to make a wholphin