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TIL that Valve used a picture of a real corpse with it's face burned off for one of the 3D models in Half-Life 2.

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LkERQ TIL that a 19 year old girl called police to report an ex-boyfriend was stalking her. They fined her for wasting their time. Six months later she was murdered.
QNEG9 TIL a survey in 2021 found 36% of all Americans- including 61% of young adults and 51% of mothers with young children - feel “serious loneliness.” Loneliness has increased substantially since the outbreak of the global pandemic.
wLl4W TIL During the Civil War the Union Army made a parody of the Confederate's de facto anthem "Dixie"
8ka TIL there is an international treaty called the Convention on the Rights of the Child which says all children are born with fundamental rights and freedoms equal to that of all human beings. Only two governments have not signed: The United States and Somalia.
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