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TIL Capcom’s best selling and arguably most popular game in the MegaMan series, MegaMan 2, was done in the developers’ free time as Capcom did not want to allocate resources to the game due to poor sales of MM1.

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mxpnx TIL, Hisashi Ouchi, whose chromosomes were literally destroyed due the extreme radiation, was kept alive, even though he wanted to die, due to his family not giving up. His heart stopped for 47 minutes.
oRmbR TIL According to North Korean state media, Kim Jong II was born under a double rainbow on a sacred mountain. And before his death, the skies glowed red and Mount Paektu and the impenetrable sheet of ice at the heart of the volcano cracked.
mAgR TIL on the day of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, he had narrowly missed a previous attempt which had injured his men. He decided to visit them in hospital and his driver took a wrong turn and stopped a few metres away from the assassin who promptly shot the Archduke.
kOnlm TIL About Armin Meiwes a cannibal, who found a volunteer victim through internet. He and victim tried to eat victim's penis. After victim was bled heavily he killed him and ate him. They made video tape also and he was arrested a year later when officials traced his advertisement for new victim.
QVpp TIL in 2009, the home of 19 year old Kashmiri woman Rukhsana Kausar was invaded by 3 militants. Rakhsana disarmed two of them with an ax, killed the commander with his own rifle, and forced the others to flee. She was subsequently awarded India’s National Bravery Award and offered a police job.