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TIL when Nintendo had a fall in revenue from the less successful Wii U its CEO cut his pay in half for 5 months rather than blame workers.

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grX78 TIL at the US Open in 1983, tennis legend Stefan Edberg accidentally hit a linesman in the groin with a serve, causing him to to fall over, hit his head, and die five days later
vbDj TIL Gary Webb, an Investigative Reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, wrote a series of articles about CIA involvement in cocaine trafficking into the US. On December 10, 2004, Gary Webb was found dead in his apartment from two gunshot wounds to the head. His death was later ruled as a suicide.
WlNB TIL that Marvel actually argued that the X-Men mutants are NOT human, in order to lower taxes of action figures
nWxmY TIL Michael Jackson incorporated rap into his music and The Notorious B.I.G. appeared in his song "Unbreakable" released for Invincible in 2001. Biggie's rap was originally for the album "I Can't Stop the Reign"
4leX TIL that Nintendo was so popular in the 1980s and early 1990s that it almost destroyed the computer-game industry. Even the children of computer-game developers demanded the console despite their parents’ refusals and access to state-of-the-art computers at home.