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TIL In 2004, FromSoftware (now known for the Dark Souls Francise), released Metal Wolf Chaos which takes place after a state of civil and economic unrest in the first quarter of the 21st century, and features the 47th President fighting a military coup d’etat from coast to coast within a mech suit.

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69vPW TIL that people with synesthesia, a neurological phenomenon where stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second pathway, often possess unique and vivid perceptions of the world. For example, the letter "A" might consistently appear as red.
7Z5p TIL that in 2000, an Oklahoma schoolgirl was suspended for casting a spell on her teacher, which allegedly made him ill and caused him to be hospitalized.
wo5eM TIL about the Peter principle, which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence".
gMnZb TIL of Eva Saxl, a diabetic woman who synthesised her own insulin in a basement during WWII, saving not only her own life but the lives of over 200 people in the Shanghai Ghetto who would have died when legal insulin became unavailable
OLwR TIL that in 2004, after not getting justice in court, 200 victims lynched their alleged rapist in the courthouse by stabbing him over 70 times, throwing rocks and chilli powder at his face and hacking off his penis. All of the women claimed responsibility for the lynching.