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TIL that the original South Park theme was recorded by funk metal band Primus

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d8JvQ TIL that software no longer being sold or supported is referred to as “Abandonware” and falls in a grey area regarding copyright, allowing sites like this to provide downloads for tons of nostalgic titles including Oregon Trail and the old Harry Potter games
rNn4w TIL there's a famous Go game called the "blood-vomiting game", known for 3 brilliant moves by winner Honinbo Jowa and for his opponent Intetsu Akaboshi coughing up blood onto the board, which led to his premature death at 25
4kbyX TIL a monarch’s suicide was an essential stepping stone for preparing the world stage for the event that would mark the start of WW1.
69QNW TIL that Suite Life's "Mr. Moseby" actor Phil Lewis hit and killed Isabel Duarte, a Baltimore, Maryland resident in Late December 1991
w6wE TIL A Seattle businessman founded a sperm bank in 1980 which accepted sperm only from Nobel laureates or ‘accomplished men.’ The intent was to create genetically superior children. Of the 218 children born under the program many are reportedly geniuses at various disciplines.