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TIL Only one month after release, Call of Duty: Black Ops players had already amassed 68,000 YEARS of playtime

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vPRJB Today I learned Jim Carrey condemned the violence in his own movie Kick-Ass 2.
rNl6d TIL that the video game company SNK—makers of the 'King of Fighters' and 'Metal Slug' games—is now (96.18%) owned by Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, through his MiSK Foundation.
6wN7 TIL. There is the - hyphen, the longer – en dash (Alt+0150), and the longest — em dash (Alt+0151).
jNGbp TIL King Sobhuza I of Eswatini was called Somhlolo "the Wonder," upon his birth because his father Ndvungunye died as a result of being struck by lightning. Swazis celebrate Somhlolo Day every September 6 as their Independence Day and the national stadium is named Somhlolo stadium
VMpY0 TIL Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead loved to play a particular arcade game at his local bar. When he found out he was terminally ill, the bar owner brought the game machine to Lemmy's apartment so he could keep playing it at home.