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TIL that EA makes $420 millon/year off of the Sims 4

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J1l74 TIL that during the Vietnam War, the Battle of Hamburger Hill was named by American soldiers who felt the intense, grinding combat was like being “chewed up like hamburger meat.” Fought over Hill 937 in the A Shau Valley, the battle resulted in high casualties after ten days of fierce fighting.
dDLm7 TIL that the head chef of the Windows on the World restaurant at the North Tower managed to survive the 9/11 attacks because he was having his glasses repaired at the WTC concourse when the first plane hit.
GXpG TIL Voltaire never said “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”
N5ke TIL common rocks and hardened clays can trap electrons in quantum pockets for thousands of years and release those electrons when reheated giving off light that can be used to date the rocks-( Thermoluminescence dating).
p8gE4 TIL Janet Jackson was banned from MTV, VH1, and the Grammy's when Justin Timberlake tore her top on stage, but he was not.