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TIL that the Xbox 360’s “Red Ring of Death” problem was so widespread that, in 2007, more than 30% of consoles failed. Repairs cost Microsoft $1.15 billion.

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ADjn TIL that the FBI arrested 5 Israelis on 9/11 for filming the attacks and celebrating with cries of ‘joy and mockery’.
x6777 TIL Peter the Great instituted a beard tax and forced people to shave who hadn’t paid
a8ggM TIL over 18 million Chinese were killed in World War 2, then over 5 million in the resumed Chinese Civil War, then over 50 million from executions and starvation over the next 20 years after the communists took over.
AGyl TIL the United States has been in a declared state of national emergency since 1933, and is currently under 30 national emergencies including 9/11, the Iranian hostage crisis and Colombian drug trafficking.
rRleo TIL More than half of bus shelters in Dubai are air-conditioned.