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TIL video games have not been proven addictive, and that fantasy violence in games has 0 effect on real world violence

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5VLQB TIL in 2001 army major Charles Ingram cheated his way to £1,000,000 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire by having a fellow contestant cough every time he read the right answer. For one question the coughing came from Ingram's wife. All three were convicted of fraud.
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