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TIL EA hired people to protest against their own games

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P1nyw TIL about "Socrates Jones: Pro Philosopher" - an educational point and click game inspired by Ace Attorney that teaches players how to debate using philosophy
axZM TIL that in Iceland, the phonebook is sorted by first names because everyone’s surname is basically their father’s first name followed by -son or -dottir
wo5nJ Today I learned that 10% of Irish people and 6% of Scottish people have red hair.
d798 TIL of a British soldier who fought in both world wars, was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, survived two plane crashes, tunneled out of a POW camp, bit off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them, and said of WWI, “Frankly, I had enjoyed the War.”
Yp1Jd TIL 30,000 People disappeared during Argentina’s dirty war. Every Thursday Buenos Aires’ Plaza de Mayo fills with women wearing white scarves and holding signs covered with names of those who were kidnapped by the government.