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TIL that the videogame publisher Bethesda offered the makers of Fallout New Vegas a 1 Million dollar bonus if the game scored a review of 85 or higher on Metacritic- the game released and got an 84, and no bonus was given.

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oBJQ7 TIL that the creator of Jaws was so regretful of the anti-shark attitudes and hysteria resulting from his work that he later went on to be an outspoken advocate for marine conservation and an activist for the protection of sharks
0wpwM TIL that in the 1980's, people living in the borders of forests in India and Bangladesh were issued plastic face masks to wear on the back of their heads. Tiger attacks virtually stopped because the tigers thought people were looking at them when their backs were turned.
0wVDL TIL that the tail of a stegosaurus is called the "thagomizer". The term was coined in 1982 in a cartoon made by Gary Larson. This bone did not have a scientific name yet, and thagomizer was eventually adopted as the scientific name.
lNB7 TIL Bizzy Bone from Bone thugs-n-harmony was kidnapped at age 4 and dropped off at an Oklahoma Reservation. a neighbor noticed his photo which was shown after the TV movie “Adam”. He was rescued by police and returned to his family.
4eNN Louis Louis Réard a.k.a the inventor of the modern bikini declared that it wasn’t a real bikini unless it could be “pulled through a wedding ring” and after its modern debut was banned in Belgium, Italy, Spain, and Australia, and declared a sin by the Vatican.