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TIL in 2014, the UK established a Video Games Tax Relief system to support its games development industry. 37% of the system's total payout has been claimed by Rockstar North.

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vR4D Today I learned that, prior to the advent of Christianity, the LGBT were esteemed by Native Americans as having two spirits.
11kd TIL of Brenda Spencer, who shot up an elementary school at age 16, killing two and injuring eight children and a cop. When questioned why she did it, she simply said, “I don’t like Mondays.”
pYRAe TIL: The Dalaketnon are the Filipino folklore equivalent of elves. They live in trees, have pointy ears, are attractive, tall, but the males are light skinned while the females are dark skinned. However, they can enslave humans by feeding them black rice and they have telekinetic powers.
v14dR TIL that a German nurse was sentenced to life in prison without eligibility for parole after he murdered more than 85 patients because he wanted to show off his resuscitation skills and be the hero who saves them on the hospital bed
QyRM TIL in 1953, a US Scientist named Frank Olsen was administered LSD without his knowledge as part of the MKULTRA program. A week later, Olsen ended up dead. The CIA claimed Olsen jumped from a hotel window, but later paid the family $750K and a 2nd autopsy revealed he was likely assassinated.