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TIL A 46 year old man tracked and attacked a 13 year old kid after being repeatedly killed and taunted by the boy in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops.

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GAkVE TIL about the 2013 Everest Brawl, which was caused due to climbers ignoring the orders of Sherpas handling the ropes on Everest. The ignorance of the climbers triggered an icefall that hit the Sherpas. Upon retreating to camp, the climbers began abusing the Sherpas.
NXwOM TIL that January 1st came to be celebrated as the new year in 153 BCE, when it became the inauguration date of new Roman consuls. The Julian and Gregorian calendars carried this over from the earlier Roman consular dating system.
kWrd TIL buying with a credit card causes fewer pain signals in the brain than using cash.
X01yX TIL Stilton cheese cannot be legally produced in the village of Stilton.
oR4ro TIL The Red Hook Society for the Apprehension and Detention of Horse Thieves, the oldest horse thief apprehension and detention society in the USA, has never apprehended or detained a single horse thief.