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TIL: Grand Theft Auto V broke industry sales records and became the fastest-selling entertainment product in history, earning $800 million in its first day and $1 billion in its first three days.

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GYeM4 TIL that the BBC publishes in the informal oral language of Nigerian Pidgin, which is spoken by ~75mil people across Nigeria and neighbouring countries, but due to its informality and variety of dialects does not currently have an agreed written form.
JYowj TIL of Robert Martinson, an American sociologist who became notable nationwide in the early '70s for his influential conclusion that prison rehabilitation was ineffective. He killed himself a few years later, after he published a reversal of his stance that went largely unnoticed.
BgLOy TIL nurse Violet Jessop survived disasters on all 3 of White Star's sister ships: the sinking of Titanic and Britannic, and the near-sinking of Olympic.
b97BZ TIL that in 2007, German police identified the DNA of a woman at six murders. Fearing this unknown killer, they offered a 300,000 euro reward for her capture. In 2009, she was identified. She worked at the factory that manufactured the DNA swabs.
YpbNZ TIL: In 16th c. Europe, it was considered manly for men to wear elaborate headdresses made of ostrich feathers.