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TIL that Zooey Deschanel is in an old The Offspring video

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keMm [TIL] A Houston Texas man killed himself whilst playing Russian Roulette with a semi-automatic weapon. He did not realize that this type of weapon automatically chambered a round when the gun is cocked. He later won a Posthumous Darwin Award
Bnkx TIL there is a mountain in Australia named Mt. Disappointment, named as the explorers found the view from it sub par and wanted to reflect that.
awjyN TIL In the GTA IV (A very popular 2000s video game), the drunk driving feature sparked massive controversy that MADD requested the game be rated from Mature to Adults Only.
4r0R TIL that because of South Park’s Scientology episode, The Church of Scientology hired people to spy on Matt and Trey to find something on them to use for blackmail. The Church became frustrated when their investigation turned up nothing but the fact that they’re pretty normal people.
oBxkA TIL that Charles Curtis, the 31st vice-president of the United States, was of Native American ancestry and was enrolled as a member of the Kaw-Nation. English was his third language after Kansa and French