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TIL the composer for the "Mass Effect" and "Call of Duty" franchises has zero musical training, and studied civil engineering

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p8LZ8 TIL screenwriter Carl Foreman (High Noon) was blacklisted for communist activity. In the face of intense industry all Foreman's colleagues abandoned him expect for Gary Cooper. In gratitude, Foreman gave Cooper first refusal on his future scripts including, The Bridge on the River Kwai.
XxX TIL that of the top 8 largest rivers, by volume of water, the Amazon River is bigger than all the others combined.
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