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TIL that after enjoying success with the violent and groundbreaking first-person shooter game "Wolfenstein 3D" (1992), games developer id Software licensed their 3D engine to "Super 3D Noah's Ark", a Christian video game that features Noah shooting food at animals inside his ark.

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78arP TIL Chicken Parmesan is not an Italian dish, it was invented in America by Italian immigrants and the first published recipe was in a NY newspaper in 1953. The dish became wildly popular in Australia where its served with salad and fries, although they hotly debate if the fries go under the chicken
4rjg TIL that Han Solo was once an Imperial TIE fighter pilot before rebelling against his chain of command when his commanding officer was about to beat Chewbacca with a neuronic whip.
5VVnr TIL that in Australia's worst aircraft crash no Australians died. In 1943 the crash of a USAAF B17 Flying Fortress took the lives of 40 US servicemen leaving only one survivor. No other aviation incident in Australia before or since has cost more lives.
VBK5p TIL that Sergeant Bill was a goat who achieved hero status during World War I as a Canadian war hero. Bill was able to hear and warn soldiers of incoming shell explosions, pushing 3 soldiers into a trench within seconds of an incoming shell.
rN0QM TIL that the Emperor Vespasian issued out a tax on urine collected from public toilets