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TIL that Microsoft paid Rockstar Games 75 million dollars to make GTA IV a non-PS3 exclusive and bring the game on Xbox 360

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yQwoe TIL Loma Linda, California is the only American region identified as a Blue Zone among four others around the world. These areas have people who live the longest. The city has a high percentage of Seventh Day Adventists, who have what is considered one of the healthiest styles of living.
DQodj TIL The M-497 Black Beetle was an experimental jet-powered railcar test bed of the NY Central Railroad, developed and tested in 1966 in the USA. Even with this spectacular performance, and being built relatively cheaply using existing parts, the project wasn't considered viable commercially.
1WeV TIL that Tony Hawk has an I.Q. of 144
kJe15 TIL that DDT, a pesticide banned ages ago, is still present in penguins over in Antarctica? this chemical gets passed up the food chain, starting from krill to penguins. The good thing is that the amount of DDT in the penguins isn't enough to harm them.
nLbG TIL in order to be among the top 10% of the world’s population by wealth, you only need $77,000; to be part of the top half, you just need $3,650.