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TIL George Michael used to smoke 25 joints a day

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5VLyk TIL that Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, left Facebook in 2017 over a dispute on WhatsApp monetization and claims he was coached to mislead EU regulators about data merging. In 2018, he supported #DeleteFacebook, saying it was the right time as pressure mounted on the company.
AOPo TIL that the strategy guide for Fallout New Vegas is bigger than War and Peace.
mJDv TIL during the Napoleonic Wars the English Navy inflicted over 3 times as many casualties on the French Navy than the French Navy inflicted on the English Navy, in part because French gun crews fired high to disable enemy masts & rigging while English gun crews fired low into enemy gun crews & hulls
4X7vX TIL: it wasn't uncommon for male friends in the 19th century to hold hands
1ar4W TIL about the Phoebus cartel, which in 1925 met in Geneva to curb the longevity of incandescent light bulbs. This is a strategy called "planned obsolescence" to generate repeated sales and maximize profit.