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TIL that Apple made retailers buy iMacs in "five-packs, one in each color," so that Apple wouldn't get stuck with the unpopular colors

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XBLE TIL White Chocolate isn’t actually chocolate, as it is not made with any cocoa beans. It is actually made of cocoa butter, the fat from cocoa beans.
DpLg TIL only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money, the rest only exists on computers.
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