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TIL Yuichi Nishimura the controversal ref from Croatia vs. Brazil once red carded the wrong Chinese player due to mistaken identity

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vG7B TIL that EA sent out brass knuckles to the gamewriters of the Godfather II before realizing that they were illegal in most of the states they sent them to, including California, where EA is based.
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