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TIL that Electronic Arts once tried to buy Valve for $1 billion.

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69Xnw TIL prostitution is illegal in Japan but the law recognize only vaginal sex. Oral, anal and masturbations are not criminalized.
MeWMa TIL in 2013 a Nike ad featuring Oscar Pistorius and the slogan "I am the bullet in the chamber" was pulled from Pistorius' site after he was charged with murder for fatally shooting his girlfriend.
loloa TIL There’s an American in Colorado that is convinced that he’s the rightful heir to the British Monarchy
M7Y5V TIL there was a guy called ‘Brushy’ Bill Roberts who claimed that he was Billy the Kid in 1950 just before he passed away. Brushy even had the same scars as Billy. Also, a photograph of Brushy Bill at age 71 was a 93% match to Billy the Kid in the latter’s famous tintype.
rRak4 TIL from the 1920's to the 1950's cigarette companies routinely paid doctors to endorse and prescribe their brand of cigarettes to patients, falsely claiming them as a "healthy" alternative to other brands. This was done to cover up increasing evidence of the harm done by smoking.