League of Legends is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games and released in 2009. Two teams of five players battle in player-versus-player combat, with each player controlling a character with a unique play style and abilities. At launch, the game was generally well-received; later critical reappraisals, arising as a result of the game's long lifespan, have trended positively, noting the regular content updates. In 2019 the game routinely recorded 8 million concurrent players, and its popularity and longevity have led to various tie-ins, including virtual groups like K/DA, narrative collaborations with Marvel Comics, spin-off video games, and an upcoming animated series. The game is played professionally, and is frequently cited as the world's largest esport; the 2019 League of Legends World Championship had over 100 million unique viewers, peaking at a concurrent 44 million viewers, with a minimum prize pool of US$2.5 million.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1809:

War of the Fifth Coalition: The French won a hard-fought victory over Austria in Lower Bavaria when their opponents withdrew from the field of battle that evening. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Teugen-Hausen

1927:

American actress Mae West was sentenced to ten days in jail for "corrupting the morals of youth" for her play Sex. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_West

1971:

The first space station, Salyut 1, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam, Kazakh SSR, USSR. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salyut_1

1984:

"Advance Australia Fair", written by Scottish-born composer Peter Dodds McCormick, officially replaced "God Save the Queen" as Australia's national anthem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Australia_Fair

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

Bronx cheer: (US, idiomatic) Synonym of raspberry (“a sound intended to resemble flatulence made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, used humorously or to express disdain or scorn”). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bronx_cheer

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

It's very, very dangerous to lose contact with living nature. … In the big cities, there are people who have never seen living nature, all things are products of humans … The bigger the town, the less they see and understand nature.   --Albert Hofmann https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Hofmann