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TIL Anti-Video Game Activist Jack Thompson wrote a letter to Wendy’s CEO in 2007, demanding to halt the Kids’ Meal promotion of the Nintendo Wii, because Nintendo announced the launch of Manhunt 2 for the Wii, as it would promote violence to America’s youth.

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mx4wY TIL that in 1989 around 2 million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania held hands in peaceful protest against the Soviet Union, creating a chain of people that was 600 km long. Known as the Baltic Chain, it sparked demonstrations overseas and forced the USSR to acknowledge its crimes.
wnbE TIL that a woman attempted to sue Disneyland for claimed humiliation and the gain of 50 pounds among other things, claiming she was fondled by one of the Three Little Pigs in “It’s a Small World” charges were dropped when it was brought up that the costume had stiff, inoperable arms.
awMob TIL for over 70 years, allied navy ships in the Pacific fought over a photo of actress Esther Williams. Ships officers would steal or take it by force, and display it in their ship’s officers mess. It was retired in 2013 after Esther Williams died.
9Zpp TIL that since the 11th century there have only been two cases of British royal marriages where the couple have been unrelated.
LQAEv TIL - until 2015, when the United States military would train and use dogs in helping with the war effort, once they became no longer useful or too old they were considered “retired” and simply abandoned.