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TIL that there are Rock Paper Scissors tournaments regularly held and they often offer hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars in rewards

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69E9X TIL Paul Rusesabagina, the man that the movie Hotel Rwanda is based on, was kidnapped from Dubai to Rwanda in August 2020 to stand trial for a made-up charge because he criticized the current Rwandan government. This was his first time in Rwanda since a 1996 assassination attempt
m1Wjx TIL the secret codename of India's first successful nuclear weapon test was "Smiling Buddha."
VMOBQ TIL: Dino Bravo, WWE/F main eventer in the 80's, was found murdered after being shot 17 times. It is suspected to be a mafia hit connected to cigarette smuggling.
rNO14 TIL One of the oldest cases of environmental law is the English land dispute Aldred's Case from 1610. William Aldred claimed that Thomas Benton had built a pigsty too close to his house. The courts ruled that the pigsty deprived Aldred of his property and personal dignity.
wPQM TIL: An obscenity charge in a conservative county was dropped when the attorney showed the Pay-per-View habits of its residents.