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TIL In 2010, Julien Barreaux was so infuriated about losing a Knife fight in the game Counter Strike, that he spent seven months tracking down his opponent, found him and stabbed him in the chest. He was sentenced to 2 years in jail and ordered to take anger management classes.

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