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TIL that Douglas Adams designed a video game.

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woP81 TIL, that after Captain James Cook's death by Hawaiian natives during his third voyage, a theatrical production of his voyage opened in Paris, and later London. The "grand serious pantomimic ballet", set on ‘The Island of O-Why-e in the South Sea’, had little resemblance to any actual event.
YpL9B TIL King Edward I of England built the largest trebuchet ever made called "the Warwolf". The Scots inside the castle surrendered by the mere sight of it but Edward used it anyways because it was so awesome and wanted to see it in action.
4XxlX TIL that it is not illegal to grow, possess and consume "magic mushrooms" (Psilocybe cubensis) here in Brazil (basically because we don't have a law against it) and there is even a web store selling them (alongside shitake, shiimeji and porcini mushrooms).
j6ndp TIL that we found vitamin B3 on an asteroid
grWOy Til The Amazing world of Gumball could not seek legal action against a copycat so they made an episode making fun of them which ends in the copycats getting killed.