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TIL that Bethesda bought the Fallout IP for just 5.75 million dollars.

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EgJw0 TIL of Zachary Porter, 20, who got stuck, waste deep, in a mud flat during low tide. He was unable to free himself and drowned when the high tide came in.
KYv5a TIL World War I trenches were constructed of sandbags, planks of wood, plaited wicker, tangled barbed wire, or even just mud. The trench systems on the Western Front were about 475 miles long, extending from the English Channel to the Swiss Alps, though not in a continuous line.
xoV5 TIL that famous mathematician Kurt Gödel starved himself to death. He was obsessed with the idea of being poisoned, and would only eat food prepared by his wife. When his wife was hospitalized for six months, he refused to eat, eventually dying of malnutrition.
5YDdr TIL in 2013 the city of Karlskoga made their policies gender neutral and switched their snow removal to clearing pedestrian paths first as women use these more. There was no cost to make this change and they saw a reduction in injuries and lost productivity due to injuries in slippery conditions.
D1d1Y Today i learned that a man was arrested after airport security became suspicious of bumps found under his pants which turned out to be 64 alive birds,and 2 dead, stitched into the lining near his groin.