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TIL that consoles are sold at a loss that they make up for through peripherals and licenses

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ve9x TIL that Former KISS drummer, Peter Criss, as a prank dressed up like a Nazi and knocked on the door to Gene Simmons’ (who is descended from Holocaust survivors) hotel room and demanded to see his papers.
VBYJG TIL that reserve parachutes are packed by a FAA certified rigger who goes through a deliberate step-by-step process which can take over an hour.
XE178 TIL there's a biblical theory that the Adam and Eve narrative didn't involve Adam losing a rib but a Baculum (penis bone). Humans are the only Primate without one. Alternative scholars suggest that the use of the word rib was meant to be a euphemism.
obx8 TIL that in 1978 Apple Corps (founded by The Beatles) sued Apple Computers for trademark infringement winning $80,000USD. As a condition of the settlement Apple Computers also agreed to never enter the music business, which they later violated in 2003 at the launch of the iTunes Music Store.
Jnl TIL that there is a vending machine that dispenses the Torah.