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TIL Jax & Daxter was the first seamless 3D world in a console videogame, and was subsequently given a Guiness World Record. Grand Theft Auto III, released 2 months prior, had loading between islands.

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BBjx TIL: that when the Mongol army was withering from the 14th century bubonic plague epidemic, they decided to catapult their infected corpses over city walls before invading. This is considered one of the first acts of biological warfare
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N7wE1 TIL Rasputin's autopsy showed no signs of poisoning, no water in his lungs, and in-tact genitalia. He simply died from three bullet wounds and the popular story of his incredible survivability is likely completely inaccurate.