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TIL within hours of its release in 1993 the video game DOOM was banned from numerous university networks as a rush of players overwhelmed their systems with deathmatches

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ZeyY TIL that Manny Pacquiao is tied for lowest attendance in the Phillipines House of Representatives with a total of 7 days. One representative requested his suspension.
ADEng TIL Jesús García Corona made the decision to sacrifice his own life to save the people of Nacozari by driving a dynamite laden train that had caught fire away from the town instead of jumping to safety, Mexico, November 7th, 1907.
R41j TIL There is a village in China called Liqian whose inhabitants’ DNA is 56% Caucasian in origin. Theories suggest they are descended from Roman legionaries
Y71Ox TIL that the word 'twerk' was added to the Oxford dictionary after the infamous display done by Miley Cyrus in the MTV Video Music Awards.
BJxr TIL that red eyes appear in photographs as a result of light reflecting off the blood vessels inside the eyeball.