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TIL In early 2000 there's a blind guy named Brice Mellen who became a pro at video games like Mortal Kombat and Soul Caliber 2 just by listening to the sounds, beating anyone who dared challenge him.

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MAJB TIL South Korea ranks 3rd in global suicide rates, and the biggest cause for youths? Bad scores related to an extremely difficult universal university entrance exam.
e0xg4 TIL the Milano cookie was created as a result of Pepperidge Farm's original cookie the Naples, a single vanilla wafer with dark chocolate filling on top. When shipped to warmer climates, the cookies would end up stuck together. The company resolved the problem by sandwiching Naples cookies together.
9YBG6 TIL about the Tonganoxie Split, an area of eastern kansas that according to folklore diverts severe weather
ne0o TIL that a man was arrested at Best Buy and detained for hours, for trying to pay with $2 bills, because the store employees and cops mistakenly thought they were counterfeit.
pN0O TIL that a Japanese magazine illegally released the names of juveniles tried and convicted for the rape, torture, and murder of a 16 year old girl, saying that “human rights aren’t needed for brutes.”