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TIL companies such as Google, Lego and Xerox regularly work to avoid the risk of their trademarked names becoming genericized, because if those terms become fully generalized terms for ‘internet search’, 'interconnecting plastic block’ or 'photocopy’, then they could lose those trademarks.

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ZY4G TIL the dialogue spoken by the Elite in Halo: Combat Evolved was made by reversing and slowing sound clips of Sergeant Johnson. The most common phrase: “Wort! Wort! Wort!” is the reversed phrase, “Go! Go! Go!”.
69QpW TIL that actor James Mason's son is married to Belinda Carlisle of the Go-Go's.
ANgn4 TIL Marine Electric sank in 1983 and 31 of its crew died but 3 survived for 90 minutes in frigid water. The wreck led to a number of reforms such as more stringent coast guard inspections of ships, mandatory survival suits for north atlantic runs and the famous US coast guard rescue swimmer program
e0bVn TIL of decision fatique, that feeling when you’re overly stressed by the endless amount of decisions you’ve had to make throughout the day - from what to eat for lunch to more complicated decisions that involve our emotional, financial, and physical well-being.
4Xrbg TIL that despite the PS1 outselling the N64 3-to-1, every top selling game from 1996-2000 was an N64 exclusive game.