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TIL the “Battle of B-R5RB”. It was an epic digital battle in EVE online and it costed $300,000 in real world money.It began when someone forgot to pay an in-game rent for an in-game space station.

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8mNZ TIL Lemmy from Motorhead had an action figure made of him. He asked if they were going to put a penis on it. They said no. He replied “Well, then it’s not going to get much action then, is it?”
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