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TIL CDs are 12cm because Sony knew that Philips had a factory capable of producing 11.5cm CDs so making 12cm industry standard would erase Philips' head start in manufacturing

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rNJO0 TIL BC Place Stadium's original inflated white dome was the world's largest air-supported roof when it was built in 1983. The flexible tarp roof was ripped up in 2007 by snow and wind
kJYMW TIL A working class neighbourhood in Zurich became a red-light district in the 1970s. As more people left their villages and moved to the city, it was easier and more profitable to rent out small apartments to prostitutes rather than use them as housing
v1OaK TIL the cost of an oil change for a Bugatti Veyron is $20,000.
VaE4 TIL the top 25 hedge fund managers in America make more than all the country’s kindergarten teachers combined
oB1JA TIL that Stephen Hawking once made a bet of $100 with Gordon Kane that physicists would not discover the Higgs boson. After losing the bet he lamented the discovery, saying it made physics less interesting.