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TIL that self-hacking by virus is not only a mechanism in BioShock

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pDwp TIL Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009) has voice acting from all four of the original cast members (Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson), who helped write the script as well. Aykroyd considers it “essentially the third movie”
W4gL TIL In 1952, Kent cigarettes introduced an asbestos filter to protect its smokers
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wA1J TIL That even though North and South America are physically joined, there are no roads that connect the two continents.
KMNB TIL most English translations of Jules Verne’s novels omit a lot of scientific exposition (sometimes entire chapters), replace lots of dialogue with short summaries, censor supposedly “anti-British"or"anti-American” sentiment, add many errors, and sometimes add whole new scenes.