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TIL I learned that Andy Weir, author of the Martian, worked at Blizzard Entertainment to make Warcraft II

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9wVY7 TIL Australia's first govt-backed pill & drug testing service, after its first month of operation, found that all the cocaine tested by the service had purity levels below 27% with 40% of the samples containing zero cocaine.
JYj0l TIL that Christmas used to be illegal in Massachusetts. After 1681, Christmas was no longer a crime, but was completely taboo. Anyone caught making merry or singing carols was prosecuted for disturbing the peace. It remained taboo until 1870, when the federal government made it a national holiday.
0dwnp TIL both the Japanese and Chinese patented the experimentation of female sperm for various reasons. The Chinese being for reproduction purposes; they experienced a breakthrough in 2018 when 29 baby mice were born from two female parents.
RxV4 TIL the 1997 video game “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” had a secret ending where Jeff Goldblum implored the gamer to stop playing computer games, go outside, talk to opposite sex and live their lives.
m1Vmy TIL NBC's "To Catch a Predator" ended mostly due to a 56-year-old prosecutor killing themselves when Dateline and a team of law enforcement officers attempted to enter his home.