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TIL that the game Oblivion has over a thousand characters, but only 13 voice actors.

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9XWm TIL of the WASP Injector Knife, which once inside the victim, expels 850 psi of CO2 creating a basketball sized air pocket, freezing surrounding internals
e08QE TIL in WW1, the British would fire giant stink bombs at the German trenches. The bombs smelled terrible but were harmless. This was done to compel the Germans to put on gasmasks, which made them less effective fighters, prior to an assault.
wLgZ8 TIL the founder of Yankee Candle sold his company but later went into business with his son before his passing. Their company is Kringle Candle, down the road from the original Yankee factory.
QJrrp TIL high school sports is something that is unique in the US. In most countries in the world, schools don't have sports teams.
R575l TIL of James Clerk Maxwell who wrote the first equations unifying electricity, magnetism, and light as being part of the same phenomenon.