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TIL Microsoft executives originally disliked the Xbox's name, and only left it on the prospective name list during focus testing to show how unpopular it would be. However, it ended up being much more popular than all the alternatives.

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nevoB TIL there’s an 1,800 year-old Roman version of present day Swiss Army Knife, complete with folding spoon, fork, spatula, pick, spike & knife
1aPN4 TIL that Leonardo Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" as it exists today is largely a modern reconstruction. The painting was already severely deteriorated within sixty years of being painted, and has since suffered flooding, bombing, French revolutionaries, a scratchy curtain and use as a prison cell.
goLb TIL that US taxpayers paid more to Israeli defense budget than Israelis
P1JpL TIL there was a study sponsored by sugar companies in the 1960's and written by Harvard researcher D. Mark Hegsted that claimed sugar was harmless and it was fat that caused heart attacks
6Ea18 TIL McDonalds managers make more on average than teachers in most US states