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TIL that Sega hired the mafia to kidnap a game developer’s sister to stop them from working with Nintendo. In response, the developer hired a crane to drop a Sega arcade machine in front of their headquarters and sent them a threatening letter saying that one of their employees would be next.

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8amRX TIL that, when measuring things for cooking, the volume of a tablespoon is different in the US, the UK and Australia.
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