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TIL some very skilled Halo fans got tired of waiting for Microsoft to act and are creating an entire Halo game for the PC from scratch using CryEngine3 that will be released for free

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AN74B TIL that the UK has an invasive population of wallabies in the wild.
mxBpp TIL renowned director Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, Rear Window) stated one of his favorite movies was Burt Reynolds' Smokey and the Bandit. Hitchcock's daughter confirmed this.
mgWO TIL the name “scotch tape” came about because of the stereotype of Scots being cheap and there was little adhesive on the original product
kO9pE TIL if you had sea monkeys in the 90’s, that purchase helped fund the Aryan Nation purchase themselves telescoping batons!
BeND TIL Marie Curie (née Skłodowska) named the element Polonium (symbol: Po) after her country of birth, Poland (Latin: Polonia), which was then part of the Russian Empire.