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TIL: The codename for Direct X was "Project Manhattan" in order to showcase the effort from Microsoft to displace the Japanese gaming industry at the time.

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VPvk TIL the original pledge of allegiance did not contain the words “under god” even though it was written by an ordained minister.
bRQN TIL in 2005 Tony Nicklinson suffered a stroke which left him completely paralysed (locked-in syndrome). He fought a legal battle for a right to assisted suicide, but lost. On learning the outcome of his appeal, he refused to eat, contracted pneumonia, deteriorated rapidly and died a week later.
P49G TIL that actor James Doohan was shot six times on D-day after successfully leading his men through a minefield and killing two German snipers. One of the shots to the chest would have been fatal except he had a silver cigarette case there, given to him by his brother.
GNJj TIL The front room of a house was often used to display the dead for funerals and would often be called the Death Room. As this practice fell out of favor, the name of this room changed to “Living Room”
Q06 TIL that the origin of the word “Conundrum” is unknown. Yet etymologists are satisfied with this because it suits the word.