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TIL that the design of the I Want To Believe poster was changed throughout the X-Files series

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D1BGD TIL that one of the victims who lost his house in the 1991 Oakland Firestorm was game designer Will Wright. He used the experience of rebuilding his life as basis for the concept of The Sims, and added the city's recovery from the fire as a scenario in the game SimCity 2000.
XrR TIL that your vagina can fall out. Or, ‘it can turn inside out just like a worn out sweat sock and hang between your legs as you get older’ to be precise.
dDMkr TIL with few exceptions there's no such thing as a "family coat of arms." Coats of arms are given to individuals. They can be passed down but are not associated with a surname. There can be many coats of arms in a family. Companies offering surname histories and arms often fabricate their findings.
rRXE4 TIL a British spy 'fired the shot that finished off Rasputin'
nvA9 TIL the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie sold the idea to Nestle Toll House in return for a lifetime supply of chocolate.