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TIL there is a Microsoft Excel Esports World Championship held annually.

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lZpB TIL that when critics accused David Lee Roth of only writing songs about partying , women, and cars he realized he actually hadn’t written any songs about cars so he wrote “Panama”.
1Bk8 TIL In 1909, the Criminal Code was amended to criminalize the abduction of women. Before this, the abduction of any woman over 16 was legal, except if she was an heiress. The maximum penalty for stealing a cow was much higher than for kidnapping an heiress.
e1YJ TIL 13% of Americans do not use the internet. Of this group, about a third gave as their reason that the internet is too difficult to use.
GAePQ TIL that Obsidian receives no royalties from Fallout: New Vegas because they signed a contract with Bethesda stipulating that they would only do so if the game matched or exceeded an 85 rating on Metacritic. Fallout: New Vegas received an 84 rating.
ao1Z TIL during the Nazi regime, not a single person who purchased a Volkswagen Beetle actually received it.