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TIL of Microsoft Kin, a 2010 smartphone so unpopular it was discontinued after just 48 days

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xVe65 TIL When Princess Diana went to Disneyland she made her sons Harry and William wait in line just like everyone else.
VdLQ TIL that the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park only appear in the film for 15 minutes.
4VMX TIL that due to the advanced metallurgy of the ancient Chinese, some of the weapons held by the Terracotta Army (after 2,200 years underground) were still sharp, rust-free, and shiny once a thin oxide layer was removed.
gM50b TIL that a dog in China refused to leave his dead owner’s grave. He even refused to leave after 7 days without food. When a man took him home and fed him, he quickly left and ran back to the grave. He had been his owners’ sole companion. The villagers planned to build a kennel for him.
v1OpR TIL; When Intel employee Bill Gaede offered rival AMD stolen company secrets in 1995, rather than taking the opportunity to get ahead, they informed Intel and the authorities, leading to his arrest.