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TIL in 2002, Sega’s president gifted all $695 million of his own company stock to save Sega from going bankrupt due to the Dreamcast; he died shortly afterwards following an arduous battle with cancer.

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kr97 TIL The US overthrew a democratic government in Guatemala, in favor of the dictator Jorqe Ubico, because the United Fruit Company was an American owned company and they didn’t want to pay for the taxes or the import duties on bananas.
5VeMn TIL: Operación Milagro - The Cuban international medical aid program for treating eye problems, which has cured over 3 million people around the world
jNlaM TIL that people who are born blind have more nightmares than the average person and that they are used to help develop better coping mechanisms for dangerous events in waking life such as getting hit by a car or getting lost.
ld1A TIL The saying “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” was originally coined in 1944 by a marketing campaign from General Foods, the manufacturer of Grape Nuts, to sell more cereal.
nePVB TIL that there are five different colors of blood among living things barring anomalies.