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TIL “APACHE N4SIR” was the last man on earth to play on the original Xbox’s Live Service, for nearly 30 days after it was discontinued.

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N7GeP TIL of J.I. Rodale, an early supporter of organic eating and farming. While on the Dick Cavett show, at the age of 72, Rodale said "I've never felt better in my life" and "I'm going to live to be 100..." Minutes later Rodale died on the couch while the next guest was being interviewed by Cavett.
M7Gbm TIL the businessman who founded Adidas the German sportswear company was a member of the Nazi party
4k085 TIL, immediately after WWII, the U.S Government took 1,600 Nazi scientists back to the U.S. This secret operation was called “Operation Paperclip”. Many of these ex-Nazis scientists went to work for NASA. The most famous ex-Nazi scientist was Wernher von Braun.
vPMd8 TIL that Mike White, the creator, writer and director of the TV show The White Lotus, also played Ned Schneebly in the film School of Rock.
rN71e TIL: The more massive a White Dwarf star gets, the smaller it becomes.