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TIL Noisestorm earned 50 thousand dollars from Epic Games for using their Unreal 4 game engine to create the music video for Crab Rave, "for having the most creative and original use of their software. "

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4k8lg TIL that up until a few years ago, most access routes to Switzerland, like bridges and tunnels and border crossings, were loaded with explosives to prevent an invasion into the country.
9wDkG TIL that in 2010, the carrot industry launched a marketing initiative called "Eat'em Like Junk Food". The campaign used tactics from the snack industry, including snack-food-like packaging; futuristic, sexual, and extreme sports-themed TV commercials; carrot vending machines; and an iPhone game.
Golg TIL The Massachusetts Language, once spoken by several Algonquin tribes, went extinct in the 1800s. However several documents survived such as Bibles, treaties, and sales papers. In 1993 the Wampanoag tribe started teaching classes and now there are over 400 secondary and 4 native speakers.
DQddV Today I Learned KFC sponsored a short film called "A Recipe for Seduction" in which a girl called Jessica Mansera has to choose to either marry a wealthy suitor chosen by her mother, or chase a relationship with the new house chef Harland Sanders.
J1dEk TIL that a chain restaurant did not want to move into Taylor County, Florida due to an anti-incest billboard that had the slogan "She's your daughter. Not your date." Some members of the Taylor County economic board wanted it taken down but agreement was made to let it remain until the lease ended.