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TIL: Pizza boxes are not recyclable once they are used

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GAePQ TIL that Obsidian receives no royalties from Fallout: New Vegas because they signed a contract with Bethesda stipulating that they would only do so if the game matched or exceeded an 85 rating on Metacritic. Fallout: New Vegas received an 84 rating.
9wNO6 TIL the world record for longest breath held underwater is 24 minutes 37 seconds by Budimir Šobat from Croatia. The average person can achieve about 2 minutes - afterwards less and less oxygenated blood reaches our brain which at around 6 minutes forces a blackout to trigger automatic breathing.
wLmo1 TIL there is 1 recorded incident of a fish colliding with a plane. In 1987, a 737 which was taking off from Juneau, AK crossed paths with an eagle, which subsequently dropped its salmon onto the plane