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TIL that in 2018, a YouTuber named McSkillet was banned for illegally selling skins on the game CS:GO for hundreds of thousands of dollars. He used the money to buy a supercar, which he later used to commit suicide (and take 2 other lives) by driving 100 MPH the wrong way down an LA freeway.

Aj7B TIL when Roberta Williams was asked how she felt about being a popular woman in gaming, she replied, “I prefer being thought of as a computer game designer rather than a woman computer game designer; I don’t put myself into gender mode when designing a game.”
VBMeB TIL that in 2019, approximately 8 percent of all Mexican nationals resided in the United States
E14rW TIL That Beatrix Potter's book Mrs Tiggy-Winkle is credited with drastically changing people's attitude towards hedgehogs. Going from a maligned creature treated like a pest to a beloved symbol of the countryside.
R5W4l TIL Steven Spielberg desperately wanted to release Schindler’s List in 1993 in time for the Warsaw Ghetto anniversary. But Universal wanted him to finish Jurassic Park first. To keep Universal happy, he had George Lucas oversee Jurassic’s post-production while he’s filming Schindler’s List in Poland
ZpeOa TIL: William S. Burroughs killed his wife while playing William Tell. She stood 3 meters away from him with a drinking glass on her head. Meaning to shoot the glass, Burroughs shot her in the head. He dismissed the killing as being performed by an external force that wanted to control him.