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

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PYXnV TIL It was common in American churches to auction pews to families as a means of raising income, as churches lacked government funding through mandatory tithing. Those lacking money for these pews were demeaned by their relegation to “free seats.”
4156 TIL that Actiq is a drug that is 100 times more potent than morphine and its dosage unit is a berry flavored lozenge on a stick (i.e. a lollipop).
dDLQQ TIL the first paper gift card was created by an Oregon glove company in 1908 that advertised "gift givers need not worry about picking the right size or color glove"; department store Neiman Marcus created the first plastic card; and Blockbuster Video was a pioneer of displaying them to customers
DvZV TIL: Winston Churchill suffered from severe depression which he referred to as his ‘black dog’, although others had used this metaphor before him.
AVxg TIL Mark David Chapman planned to kill David Bowie and had a front row seat (along with John & Yoko) for Bowie’s Broadway show the day after killing John