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TIL Chuck Norris’ s real name is Carlos.

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WkRE4 TIL the role as the Bond villain Max Zorin, a psychotic KGB deserter conspiring to destroy Silicon valley, was first offered to David Bowie, who declined as he didn't want to spend five months seeing his stunt doubles "fall off cliffs". The role went to Christopher Walken instead.
yQ0YM TIL that online piracy drove Epic Games to stop making PC games from 2006 to 2012. In 2006, for every bought copy of a PC game, there were 10 pirated ones. So Epic Games went console-only.
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