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TIL for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, $40-$50 million was spent on developing the game, while $150-$160 million was spent on marketing.

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Z8Yxp TIL, In 2008, the country of Rwanda banned plastic bags and, in early 2019, banned all single use plastics.
EB0P TIL that the breathing fluid in The Abyss(1989) is real and that the scene with the rat breathing the fluid wasn’t faked, with the rat actually breathing the oxygenated fluid.
OGE6e TIL a 2015 study involving 280 men found that viewing visual sexual stimuli was unrelated to experiencing erectile dysfunction with a partner, while it was related to a stronger desire for sex with a partner.
Ajrx TIL that 96 workers died while constructing the Hoover Dam from 1931-1935
rRobx TIL of "geek shows," a popular act in early America travelling carnivals and circuses. A "geek," would chase live chickens, biting the chickens' heads off and swallowing them. It was a matter of pride among circus and carnival professionals not to have traveled with a troupe that included geeks.