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TIL: Paladin Brandis in Fallout 4 is voiced by Alan Oppenheimer, cousin of J. Robert Oppenheimer

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WkAeY TIL There was a study that concluded that watching Keeping up with the Kardashians likely makes you a worse person. “When considered together with my study, it suggests that exposure to the message in this materialistic media can inhibit peoples’ altruism, empathy and concern for the community."
yV8nl TIL that aqueducts are water channels that use gravity to move water from a source to a destination. An ancient Roman aqueduct used only a 51 foot height difference to push water down a 31-mile-long path, resulting in as little as a 1-inch drop to push water 1,500 feet.
5YoVr TIL Ed Sheeran went golfing with Justin Bieber. Justin lay on the floor and asked a drunk Ed to hit the golf ball out of his mouth. Ed ended up smashing Justin in the face with the golf club.
drnK TIL the film ‘Top Gun’ was made in collaboration with the Pentagon, enlistment spiked when it was released, the Navy set up recruitment tables at theaters playing the movie, and polls soon showed rising confidence in the military.
NK7e TIL in 2007 the head of a California company hired by the U.S. government to help build a fence along the Southwest border to curb the flow of illegal aliens into the United States was sentenced on charges of hiring illegals for the job.