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TIL that skeptical investigator Mick West co-founded Neversoft and was the lead programmer of the first five Tony Hawk's Pro Skater titles.

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a8PnM TIL that despite it being usually assumed that Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was based on Ed Gein, the film's writer Tobe Hooper had only vaguely heard of him. Hooper was inspired by a pre-med friend of his from college who wore a cadaver's face to a party as a joke.
xVpOb TIL of Anatoli Bugorski, who was struck on his face by a proton beam while inspecting a particle accelerator. The beam passed through his brain. He survived and went onto finish his PhD. Half his face is paralyzed, giving one hemisphere of his head a strangely young appearance.
p8yBp TIL that Georgia Tann kidnapped up to 5000 babies whilst working as a social worker and sold them to the black market over 30 years. Her close friends in high places, such as a tycoon and a judge were able to remove missing persons reports and threaten people with legal action if they pursued.
54bP TIL if you went to one Australian beach a day that it would take 29 years to visit all of them.
Ypoyx TIL Genghis Khan killed about 10% of the world population.