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TIL the PS3 game “MAG” received an award from Guinness World Records as "Most Players in a Console FPS" with 256 players in matches simultaneously.

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oBEw7 TIL Marlon Brando was paid $3.7 million and an amazing 11.75% backend to play Jor-El, for 13 days work and less than 20 minutes onscreen. In comparison, Christopher Reeves earned $250,000 in the title role, dominating most of the 143-minute running time.
neelY TIL Harvey Milk had an ongoing sexual relationship with a mentally disturbed 16-year old boy
e0ZaE TIL Research on Ants with barcode tags shows that Ants take sick days. When some members of the colony are exposed to pathogens, they spend less time in the nest.
LQDLm TIL about the "Year Without a Summer". In 1816 a volcanic eruption in Indonesia led to unusual weather worldwide, including snowfall in June. This caused crop failures and also led to Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein", which she wrote while stuck indoors due to incessant rainfall.
gr6AW TIL orcas cultural fads. In the 1980s one such fad was wearing dead salmon as hats. It spread to three separate Pacific pods before suddenly going out of style.