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TIL Halo 2 was delayed due to a developer’s ass being featured in the game.

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P1X1w TIL From 1900-1930, the most popular form of home insulation was Cabot's Quilt. It was made of Eel Grass (Sea Grass) sewn (quilted) between two layers of Kraft Paper. Eel grass doesn't decompose like other plants. It was eventually replaced with fiberglass.
P1jEE TIL that Michael Gambon was such a private person that when asked by a reporter about his wife he replied "What wife?" He later had an affair with a woman 25 years his junior and had 2 kids with her, but bequeathed nearly his whole fortune to his legal wife while his girlfriend got nothing.
Rjr1 TIL Swedish millionaire Johan Eliasch purchased 400,000 acres of the Amazon Rainforest from a logging company for $14,000,000 for the sole purpose of its preservation.
YpPOG TIL: the on-screen version of Superman originally fought for "truth and justice" (early 1940s) then "truth, tolerance and justice" (late 1940s) then "truth, justice and the American way" (1950s)
QJYxE TIL that the Maya used to import turkeys from Mexico and worship them like gods.