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TIL The US Navy submarines started using Xbox 360 controllers back in 2017 to control their periscopes

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dNPK TIl that if Apple didn’t hold $181B overseas, it would owe $59B in US taxes
8aVyP TIL music producer Scott Storch managed to go from $70 million of net worth to bordering on bankruptcy in just a few months by quitting his job, abusing cocaine, purchasing a private jet, a 117-foot yacht and nearly 20 luxury cars, and having a 6-month $30m spending spree.
EWNo TIL: of Willem Arondeus, a Homosexual Dutch anti-Nazi fighter who bombed the Amsterdam Public Records Office to hinder the Nazi identification of Jews. He was arrested & executed. His last words were, “Let it be known that homosexuals are not cowards.”
kOwdB TIL of Harry Yee, a Hawaiian bartender who created the Blue Hawaiian drink, was the first person to use paper parasols and orchids in mixed drinks, and helped popularize Tiki culture in the United States. He started bartending in 1952 and is still alive today at the age of 100.
KYBpG TIL of the Dead Cat Strategy, where politicians deliberately make a shocking announcement to divert media attention from other areas or problems