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TIL EA hired people to protest against their own games

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ORmR TIL that the number of holes on a golf course, 18, is a completely arbitrary number chosen by St. Andrews Links course in 1764, and other courses simply copied them.
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1aBB8 TIL Kobe Bryant and his parents are not on speaking terms because they don't approve of his interracial marriage and because they sold his high school memorabilia.
WN5o TIL There was a giant log jam that blocked the Red River in Arkansas until the 1800’s. At one point, it was 165 miles long.
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