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TIL There was a fake gamer cruise event called The Gamer Gauntlet

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NXnw6 TIL that a Swiss railroad is inside a mountain. Three of Jungfrau Railway's five stations are inside Jungfrau mountain. The last stop, Jungfraujoch, is so high (3,454m / 11,332') above sea level (but still inside the mountain) that it has a scientific observatory next to it.
jW9p TIL Universal Studios, Inc sued Sony and its distributors in 1976, alleging that because Sony was manufacturing a device (Betamax) that could be used for copyright infringement, they were thus liable for any infringement committed by its purchasers. Essentially trying to kill videotape recording.
Oow16 TIL that the physicist Pierre Curie, husband of the physicist Marie Curie, died in an accident in Paris, France, on April 19, 1906. Sir Curie lost his footing while crossing the street and fell beneath the wheels of a horse-drawn vehicle, suffering a fatal skull fracture. He was 46 years old.
dDYNZ TIL about 'Tree Spiking'. A practice in which someone screws or hammers in a spike into the base or trunk of a tree with the intention of causing personal and industrial harm. This has lead to the maiming and deaths of lumberjacks and factory workers...
WkM1L TIL A lady in Chiba Japan bought a building, sight unseen, that ended up being a fully stocked 90s arcade.