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01The 'Nude Oblivion' patch was live within 24 hours of launch; it required no new geometry, only a texture swap.
02Bethesda's inclusion of the meshes forced the ESRB to re-rate Oblivion from Teen to Mature after release.
03The rating change cost retailers who had already shelved Teen-rated stock — a first in ESRB enforcement history.

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Anthony "Tino" De Angelis

01Inspectors measured oil levels by dipping rods into tanks — De Angelis pumped oil between tanks to fool simultaneous checks.
02The fraud's 1963 collapse triggered losses that bankrupted brokerage firms Ira Haupt & Co. and Allied Crude Vegetable Oil.
03Total borrowed against nonexistent oil reached $175 million — roughly $1.7 billion in today's money.

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01Xolo dogs were ritually killed and buried with their owners to serve as underworld guides.
02Aztec belief held that the dog must cross nine distinct underworld rivers with the deceased.
03The breed's genetic lineage traces back over 3,500 years without significant human modification.

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01Rapture's architecture was modeled on 1940s Art Deco with over 100 distinct interior environments hand-detailed.
02The game's central twist reframes every player action across the preceding six hours as a conditioned response.
03BioShock sold over 4 million copies in its first year, elevating the shooter into serious literary criticism.

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A mangle being used in a domestic science course during World War II

01The rollers exerted enough pressure to strip skin and muscle from hand to wrist in one pass.
02Wringer injuries were so common that 1940s home-economics textbooks devoted a full chapter to avoidance.
03The machine remained in production until the 1970s, decades after documented mass injury records accumulated.

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01Howard Scott Warshaw had 5.5 weeks to code it; a normal Atari game took 6–9 months.
02Atari pressed roughly 12 million cartridges for a console with only 10 million owners.
03A 2014 dig in Alamogordo pulled 1,300 cartridges from concrete-sealed desert landfill.

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01At its peak, Kowloon Walled City held 33,000 residents in 6.5 acres — the densest human settlement ever recorded.
02Unlicensed dentists operated ground-floor clinics for decades because no Hong Kong regulatory body had jurisdiction inside.
03The city generated its own internal economy, with rooftop dog kennels and fish-ball factories operating on the 14th floor.

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01"Not Like Us" debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 2024.
02Kendrick performed it live at a Kia Forum concert billed as 'The Pop Out,' drawing 19,000 fans.
03Drake filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group citing the song's defamatory allegations.

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01The pig's campaign slogan was 'They nominate a president and he eats the people; we nominate a president and the people eat him.'
02Abbie Hoffman and six co-conspirators were charged; Pigasus was confiscated by Chicago police and sent to a farm.
03The nomination was filed as a genuine political statement against both major parties at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

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