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TIL Xbox kinect holds the fastest-selling gaming peripheral record, which sold through an average of 133,333 units per day in its first 60 days on sale from 4 November 2010 to 3 January 2011.

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VwVm TIL that Vladimir Arutyunian threw a grenade 65 feet from President Bush in 2005 at a speech in Georgia. The grenade malfunctioned and did not detonate.
eJP4 TIL: The Man who Saved More Jews than Schindler: Ho Feng-Shan. He risked his own life and career to save thousands of Jews in WWII as a Chinese diplomat in Vienna.
b6mga TIL Kissinger was sent on a secret trip to China in 1971, wearing fedora and sunglasses as disguise. Landing in Pakistan first, he feigned a stomach ache, saying he needed a few days to rest, which bought him enough time to fly into Beijing undetected
p87GZ TIL of an old brand of cigarettes named "Death". Slogans on the packaging included phrases such as "Let Us Be The Nail In Your Coffin", "The Grim Reaper Don't Come Cheaper", and "Cigarettes are addicting and debilitating. If you don't smoke, don't start. If you do smoke, quit."
4kD5X TIL ageism is self fulfilling