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TIL About The Billion Dollar Japanese Shrimp Ponzi Scheme

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4kEBa TIL, Christopher Lee, who played Count Dooku in Star Wars, also had a minor career in heavy metal music.
D85V TIL that the original Xbox was code named project Midway after the battle where America defeated the Japanese
KOOB9 TIL LG does not stand for "Life's Good", but rather stands for "Lucky Goldstar".
N7Alb TIL that some historians claim, but haven't proven conclusively, that the name “sundae” was created in response to the “Blue Laws” which said that ice cream sodas could not be sold on Sundays because they were to “frilly.”
e0Q7D TIL that in 2016, boxing promoter John Carden scheduled a boxing match between a pro fighter with 10 matches under his belt and an intellectually disabled man who had never been in a boxing ring before. It was stopped after two rounds.