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TIL there's a sword in Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind which contains a reference to NBA player Elton Brand.

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VaVG TIL that US Government agencies (CIA, FBI, Naval Intelligence) have recruited the American Mafia multiple times in order to reach their goals. A couple examples are defending the New York harbor during WWII and attempts at assassinating Fidel Castro in the 1960’s.
VMZoD TIL: Jack Black's first TV role was in a commercial for the game PitFall at age 13
l7o45 TIL of Thomas Chapple, a 19th century sailor, who is believed to have contributed to the near-extinction of two species after lighting a fire as a prank.
ANx7B TIL that two of the Apollo missions carried seismic experiments that fired rocket propelled grenades up to 1500 meters. Five of the grenades remain on the moon, unexploded.
4X1oX TIL Rags, who became a World War I dog hero, was originally just a stray pup picked up by a couple of American soldiers in July of 1918. He carried messages from one US infantry division to the next tucked under his collar. He was buried with military honours when he died in 1936.