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TIL TGI Fridays banned flair because of the movie Office Space

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9YRaQ TIL: Asbestos is not banned in the US. It’s still imported raw and sold in consumer goods.
8eglZ Today I Learned that a medical condition exists where a pinky toe can self-amputate!
6EoyY TIL the PS3 launched in 2006 at $599 making it one of the most expensive consoles of all-time. But despite it's high price, Sony continued to lose money on every PS3 sold until 2010.
ZpPbQ TIL in 2005, Sony sold music CDs that installed hidden software without notifying users (a rootkit). When this was made public, Sony released an uninstaller, but forced customers to provide an email to be used for marketing purposes. The uninstaller itself exposed users to arbitrary code execution.
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