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TIL that after being ordered by court to pay $3.6M in fines, Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi (Pirate Bay Co-Founder) wrote them an ‘IOU’

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brxp TIL that Hydrogen Peroxide has a shelf life and decomposes into water and oxygen.
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.
WkJa4 TIL that after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government was worried Japan would invade Hawaii and seize all the U.S. currency there. As a precaution, the U.S. burned $200 million in cash circulating on the islands, and replaced them with freshly printed bills with “Hawaii” stamped on them.
DQYoj TIL 18 degrees Celsius is defined as cool water to swim in, defined as cold enough to cause someone a momentary gasp if they are not used to it but will become comfortable to swim in after the initial shock
l7J9r TIL: the same man invented the Clean Room (CalTech), discovered the true age of the earth (4.5 billion), AND almost single-handedly got lead out of our gasoline and envirnoment. HERO: Clair Cameron Patterson