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TIL that Trey Parker’s father is a geologist named, Randy, his mother’s name is Sharon, and has an older sister named Shelly.

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MeB4W TIL that chipmunks are generally solitary except for mating purposes and the typical population density is 6-10 chipmunks per acre.
nX0G TIL it is rarely necessary to wait 24 hours before filing a missing person’s report; law enforcement agencies in the US stress the importance of a prompt investigation. The UK government web site says explicitly in large type “You don’t have to wait 24 hours before contacting the police”
EbQ7 TIL that when doctors did not belive Drs. Barry Marshall and Robin Warren’s discovery in 1982, which showed that Helicobacter pilory causes stomach ulcers, Marshall himself drank a beaker of H. pylori culture. He bacame ill of stomach ulcers and they won the nobel prize in physiology in 2005.
J1ORB TIL "RE Engine", a game engine developed originally for Resident Evil 7, does not stand for "Resident Evil Engine" but actually stands for "REach for the moon Engine."
QJrka TIL when Sean Parker, the founder of napster, was hacking a fortune 500 company when he was 16. Unfortunately, his dad took away his keyboard and so his IP was exposed and he was caught.