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TIL that movie trailers are so-called because they used to be played AFTER a movie

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XElkQ TIL that Aloy in Horizon Zero Dawn, Tiny Tina in Borderlands 2 and 3, Chloe Price in Life is Strange, and Miss Pauling in Team Fortress 2, are all voice-acted by the same person. The actress's name is Ashly Burch.
gMJjX TIL Michael Jackson faced heavy backlash from fellow Jehovah’s Witnesses for the Thriller video and had to add a disclaimer to the beginning that assured he was not a believer in the occult.
kOG8E TIL John Carmack (founder of "id Software" known for his work in the development of Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein) was arrested at the age of 14 for helping a group of children steal Apple || computers using a mixture of thermite and Vaseline to melt the windows to break into the building.
8NK TIL you can donate rice to impoverished people just by answering questions – and learn in the process. More people should do this…