You may have heard about a little-known game called Pokémon GO. Only almost everyone on the planet is playing it. No big deal.

Of course, with such a big game, there are bound to be a few rather interesting news stories out there. A few of those stories are pretty noteworthy. For example, did you know that there's a way to search for Pokémon using Google Maps? Or how businesses are capitalizing on the game's unprecedented success? While this is by no means a complete list of all the interesting stories coming from the game, these, I believe, are the most interesting.

So, did you know...

1. The game caused a death?

We'll start out on a rather somber note, as I don't think something like this can be ignored. Recently, in Guatemala, a teenager was shot and killed while playing. He was in bed when his cousin texted him and asked if he wanted to go Pokémon hunting. He and his cousin were walking along a railroad track in Chiquimula, Guatemala when gunfire rained down on them from a van. He was taken to the hospital where he later died. Police believe the shooters found the two teens by using the game's GPS tracking feature. The teenager's cousin was shot in the foot and was later treated at the hospital for the wound

2. You can see where every Pokémon is without leaving your house?

Yep, you can track where every single Pokémon in the world is (aside from those attracted by lures) by just going to a website and searching for a specific location. PokeVision.com somehow connects to the Pokémon GO servers and tells you where each and every Pokémon is within a very limited distance of that location. The website is still a work-in-progress and is occasionally down for maintenance, which can be monitored from their Twitter page. If you have some computer know-how, there is a more robust way to track Pokémon, and it can search in a wider area than PokeVision can. There is an Android version of that method being developed. However, this requires both confidence that you won't accidentally break your computer and some technical knowledge, so I won't go into that method here. The instructions for the method can be found on Reddit. Don't attempt it unless you know more or less what you are doing.

3. How businesses are capitalizing on Pokémon GO?

As usual, businesses were quick to react to the app's stardom. (The app did shoot past Candy Crush Saga as the United States' most popular game, after all.) Some new businesses even opened because of the app's very existence. Someone in New York drives a Pikachu-shaped bus to Pokéstops and gyms for money.

Several possible scams have started, too. On Craiglist, you may find several postings about hacks that, for the right price, will trick your phone's GPS into thinking it's somewhere it isn't so you can catch Pokémon there.

Companies have even gotten in on it. T-mobile is offering unlimited data towards Pokémon GO for a whole year. Niantic, the app's publisher, has said it will allow businesses to pay to become Pokéstops or gyms. McDonald's was the first company to capitalize on this when the game launched in Japan late last week.

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And that's only a taste of the Pokémadness. There's plenty more that has happened, and there is plenty more that could happen.

If you'd like to read more about Pokémon GO, you should check out my friend McKayla Dyk's experience at a Pokémon GO event, or read my friend Danielle Ledgerwood's opinion on the server-crashing game.

So, what are your favorite (or not-so-favorite) features or problems with the game? What would you like to hear about? Should I stop playing this game? Let me know in the comments!

Oh, and you should definitely stick your phone in the microwave to hatch that Pokémon egg. (My voice is dripping with sarcasm right now.)