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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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47Vg TIL that when South Park did an episode on Tourettes, the Tourettes Association said they expected it to be offensive. After broadcast, they conceded there was “a surprising amount of accurate information conveyed”, adding that the episode “served as a clever device” for providing accurate facts.
4X6kw TIL of the "Secret Museum" of erotic Pompeian artwork. Since these objects were considered pornographic in the nineteenth century, they were never fully and permanently revealed to the public until 2000.
EePx TIL that the 1955 film, “The Conqueror”, was filmed downwind of the site of 11 above-ground nuclear bomb tests. Of the 220 people who worked on the movie, 91 developed cancer and 46 died, including John Wayne.
0wB9L TIL there’s very little evidence vitamin C supplements prevent colds, however daily supplementation could reduce the length and severity of the cold.
D10Bj TIL 7-Eleven, which was started in Dallas, was saved from Bankruptcy in 1991 by it's Japanese branch, and then later bought out by them in 2005.