Who Made It?

Funnily enough, Texas Hold ‘em is not allowed to be played in Texas. The state has very strict laws and it is essentially illegal. Fair enough, too.

Epic Games is currently in the process of organizing several eSports competitions for Fortnite: Battle Royale, with the main event being a World Cup Tournament in 2019.

During Japan’s period of self-imposed isolation, it was illegal to travel beyond the borders of the country, upon pain of death. There was almost no contact with the outside world, except on a tiny island situated in the harbor of the city of Nagasaki. Its name was Deijima, and it was here that a small community of individual were allowed to trade on behalf of the Dutch colonial powers. Here, they taught practices of Western medicine, traded European goods and even kept concubines from the local population. Intrigued? Check out the spellbinding novel The Thousand Autumns of Jacbod De Zoet by David Mitchell to delve into this intriguing historical anomaly.