› added 11 years ago

172

TIL that a 46 year old UK man tracked down and attempted to strangle a 13 year old boy after the child taunted the man while playing Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Read more gamesradar.com

via reddit.com

6ErBZ TIL of the "My Way Killings", a social phenomon in the Philipines where violence and murder often occur after someone performes Frank Sinatra's hit My Way on a Karaoke machine. At least 12 people have died from it.
XE766 TIL Michael Jackson begged the director of the Thriller film to destroy it because members of his church had told him the song promoted demonology. Instead of destroying it he was convinced by his lawyer to put a disclaimer at the beggining of the short film.
xVOZ0 TIL Michael Jordan wore two different sized shoes. Size 13 on the left and 13.5 on the right.
6Yal TIL the doctor who discovered washing hands could practically eliminate fatal infections was committed to an asylum by his staff and beaten to death by guards.
aDyb TIL a tourist from the town of Dull, Scotland visited the town of Boring, OR and proposed that two villages become sister cities.