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TIL Microsoft lost $4 billion with the original Xbox console since it had a manufacturing price far more expensive than its retail price

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LQ7xQ Til about the french revolution (not that it happened, but WHY it dod)!
wGEJ TIL That Target had to issue an apology to its customers following outrage about the fact that a popular dress was offered in a color “Dark heather gray” for normal sizes, but the same color was titled “Manatee gray” for plus-sized dresses.
jp9n TIL: the original Fido was a 1940s Italian street dog who became famous for his loyalty to his dead master, who died in a bombing. Fido waited 14 years at the bus station for him. The name means “faithful” in ancient Latin.
epKD6 TIL Great White Sharks are not technically apex predators since they are preyed upon by Orcas
dr0E TIL the world’s most expensive keyboard in 2007 cost over $4,400 US and was hand lacquered using a brush made from the hairs of virgins then coated in gold dust.