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TIL that the strategy guide for Fallout: New Vegas is longer than Tolstoy’s “War and Peace”

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J1RO1 TIL about the Torino Scale, a tool used to determine the likelihood of an asteroid impact with Earth.
x4W5 TIL the bassist of 1970’s rock band Iron Butterfly developed missile guidance systems and software based digital video compression, was rumored to have disappeared in time travel attempt.
g9gb TIL a “Chichevache” is a (fabled) human-faced cow that is perpetually starved because it only eats good and faithful wives. The Bicorne, its husband-eating counterpart is well-fed.
ANQZ7 TIL the ending of "The Bourne Supremacy" was reshot just two weeks before its release. Director Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon came up with a new idea that would cost $200,000 and involve pulling Damon from the set of Ocean's 12. The movie tested 10 points higher with the new ending and made $176m.
GdgG TIL that Amazon named a building after its first customer who spent $27