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TIL that John Carpenter is a fan of video games like Fallout, Borderlands, Horizon: Zero Dawn and Assassin's Creed

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xA5b TIL the engineer who designed the Japanese Kamikaze dive-bombing planes of WWII felt bad about his role in the war, so at its end, he decided to use his skills for peace by designing the body of the Shinkansen (Bullet Train), which has, to this day, operated with zero accident-caused fatalities.
QJOda TIL that Mount Etna's summit is the only point on Earth save for the South Pole where more than 10 territories meet, 11 do: the towns of Adrano, Biancavilla, Belpasso, Castiglione di Sicilia, Maletto, Nicolosi, Randazzo, Sant'Alfio, Zafferana Etnea and Bronte, which touches the summit from 2 sides.
kOPbg TIL That Hotmail was named Hotmail because it abbreviates to HTML.
EAl7 TIL that while creating the first Tomb Raider video game in 1996, a developer increasing Lara Croft’s breast size by 50% accidentally enlarged them by 150%. Others approved of the change before he fixed the mistake, and the marketing campaign emphasized Lara’s exaggerated body. It became a #1 hit.
5Ga9 TIL a Pan-Am flight crashed in the Syrian desert, killing fourteen passengers. Two crew survived - one of the two was the co-pilot, named Gene Roddenberry. He was so disturbed by the crash that he quit to become a writer, and shortly after he created Star Trek.