#126 - Russia and Video Games

US to target Putin's inner circle with sanctions in event of Ukraine invasion | Russia | The Guardian

Sony Buys Bungie, Makers Of 'Destiny' - Digg

Harry and Meghan express 'concerns' to Spotify over misinformation - CNN

Chinese Nationalists Rage at Keanu Reeves Over Tibet Stance, Threaten ‘Matrix’ Boycott

Microsoft to buy Activision in $68.7 billion all-cash deal

Why I Was WRONG About Guns!  (jp sears video)

TIL there are no more than 12 Kmart stores remaining in the US. At its peak in 1994 there were 2323 stores in the US and 2486 globally. Until 1990, when it was surpassed by Walmart, it was the second largest retailer in the US after Sears.

TIL the smallest skeletal muscle in the human body is the Stapedius muscle, which is about one millimeter (0.04 inch) in length. Its purpose is to "stabilize the smallest bone in the body, the stapes or strirup bone of the middle ear."

TIL about the French GIGN's "Faith Shot": after training, new recruits must shoot a small clay pigeon placed on their teammate's bulletproof vest with a revolver, to demonstrate the shooter's faith in their own aim, and the target's faith in their teammate.

Anyone you meet on the internet is male until proven otherwise

 More than a six pack of beer in the fridge starts to look like a drinking problem, but a whole wine cellar is considered very classy

Some poor soul holds the record for most consecutive red lights stopped at and probably doesn’t know it.

You can tell how bad inflation has been over the years by how much money people steal in heist movies of their times.

The irony of a cheeseburger. You've taken something from a live cow and put it on a dead one.

The person standing in front of you is technically the person standing the furthest behind you