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TIL Sony’s PlayStation 4 Costs $381 to Manufacture

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QJM5L TIL There's a micro-generation called "Xennials" for those born between 1977 and 1985. These people grew up with an analog childhood and a digital adulthood
Lk0pv TIL that the literary works of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov were all introduced to the English-language world by one woman, who didn't start learning Russian until she was 29, and learned via a dictionary and grammar book. She ultimately translated over 70 volumes.
VBW4D TIL the Allies fielded thousands of tanks by the end of World War I, a major technological breakthrough. The Germans deployed just 18.
b60PE TIL half a byte is called a Nibble
j67Pn TIL the iPhone 16 wallpapers secretly match the number of camera lenses on each model—one circle for the base model, two for the Plus, and three for the Pro. Subtle flex or Apple just messing with us?