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TIL that golden showers are flowers

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bGLa TIL that a man played a game of Civilization II for 10 years resulting in a never ending nuclear war between the player and two AI causing the world to become a ‘hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation’.
YOO7 TIL Switzerland and Finland have proportional fines. [Millionaire gets $300,000 speeding ticket]
8NGa TIL that during the 2008 presidential election, author Stephen King referred to Glenn Beck as “Satan’s mentally challenged younger brother.” In the same year he also spoke out against a Massachusetts bill that would restrict the sale of violent video games to minors.
7777 TIL that the largest player vs player battle in gaming history involved over 7000 players and lasted over 20 hours
PRRV TIL the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, NYC is so polluted that unidentifiable new forms of microbiological life have arisen in its sludge