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TIL that the last game ever released for the PS3 was FIFA 19

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8LOX TIL, Brian Banks did 5 yrs in jail after a high school girl falsely accused him of rape. She also sued the school district & won $1.5m. Yrs later she admitted to him that she lied. He taped the conversation, his conviction was overturned & the school district sued her back for $2.6m
neMod TIL that the average reaction time of a fly is ~20-50 ms, compared to the average human reaction time of 250 ms
b077 TIL in June 1984 the prime minister of New Zealand, Robert Muldoon, drunkenly announced on national television that a snap election was to be held in a month’s time. With 93.7% of voters turning out for the election, he lost. The occasion is sometimes remembered as the ‘Schnapps election’.
oBoAW TIL that the Persona series involves a lot of ideas from jungian psychology
ldVa TIL that J.K. Rowling released a book called “The Cuckoo’s Calling” under a pseudonym, so that it will get no hype & anticipation, after she was revealed to be the writer, the book’s sales surged up to 4000%