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TIL J J Abrams made a deal with Valve to make movies of Half-Life and Portal

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xVlGk TIL that NASA is planning to send a submarine to explore the methane northern sea of Titan, Kraken.
PYJkn TIL a 1970 episode of Hawaii Five-O featured a hanging method copied by a viewer of the show who died trying the technique. Their family sued CBS and the episode has never been rebroadcast and was excluded from DVD releases
rNXwo TIL that chicken little is an anti nazi film to teach about the evils of mass hysteria.
Bgg9b TIL that back in 2005 a girl in London started sleepwalking and climbed a 130 feet tall crane!
R5rN8 TIL the original Leopard 1 main battle tank was designed by luxury car maker Porsche. Porsche also submitted a design for the WW2 era tiger tank but lost out to a competitor.