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TIL that the saloon and general store from Fallout: New Vegas' starting zone, Goodsprings, actually exist

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b6kO4 TIL the transistor was patented 21 years before a working one was actually created.
R7gWj TIL in 1971 John List murdered his family to save their souls and arranged their bodies on sleeping bags. He then cleaned up, cut himself out of the family’s photos, turned on a religious radio station, and fled. Only after the lights in the house had burned out one by one did neighbors call police.
8e6MG TIL in 1945 there were statues created from the measurements of 15,000 American men and women, representing the average size and shape of a U.S. citizen. They were named Normman and Norma.
oBP6L TIL that during filming of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Gene Wilder liked to keep the kids on their toes. None of the kids had seen the chocolate room prior to filming the scene or his rant in the famous boat scene. Most looks of shock were genuine and they thought Gene had lost it.
Mp7a TIL A Michigan Police Officer bought a car seat for a man’s daughter instead of giving him a ticket.