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TIL a man from New York named two of his sons Winner and Loser. Loser actually had a successful career with the NYPD, whereas Winner wound up with a long criminal record.

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E58V TIL L. Ron Hubbard was asked at a science fiction convention about making money as a SciFi writer and his response was “You don’t get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.”
Br7KW TIL That in the 1990s Namco was granted a general patent for providing an auxiliary game (like Galaxian) during a loading screen, meaning that kids across the planet have spent millions of combined hours staring at loading screens thanks to Namco
mo7E TIL - In 1919, Ford wanted to use extra profits to raise employee wages and employ more people. Dodge sued them, saying a corporation’s only responsibility is to increase shareholder value. This set the precedent for current US corporate law.
njaY TIL that King Faisal of Saudi Arabia abolished slavery and freed 1,682 slaves…in 1962.
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