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TIL Chuck E. Cheese was started by a founder of Atari

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9YNoM TIL that Anna Politkovskaya, author of the anti-Putin book “Putin’s Russia”, was assassinated on October 7th (Putin’s birthday)
x6Ny1 TIL that the commonly repeated stat that "70% of lottery winners go bankrupt in 7 years" is completely false - the stat was made up by someone in a panel discussion and is completely unverifiable but has been recirculated and recited in countless articles since then.
e0R4b TIL Philips couldn't use their name on any of their products in the United States, because their name was too similar to Philco. So, they decided to name their US products "Norelco" until 1974, and then "Magnavox" until 1981, when Philps bought Philco.
Y7v9G TIL: SCOTUS decision in 1922 denied Japanese-American Takao Ozawa citizenship ruling that only white "Caucasians" were eligible. The next year, a Sikh man named Bhagat Singh Thind sued arguing that he should be eligible because he is from the Caucasus. He was also denied.
5VvL9 TIL the MLB blocked "Budweiser Stadium" over alcohol ad concerns, so the Busch family named it Busch Stadium and later launched Busch beer to leverage the name.