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TIL Microsoft makes more money on Android than Xbox, Windows Phone and Skype combined.

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R7eX7 TIL that there are 10 million descendants of passengers on the Mayflower.
XymR TIL that in 1982 a scientist discovered an ‘impossible’ structure of matter and was universally mocked by the scientific community. In 2011, Dr. Shechtman was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
dLLZ TIL: Tesla Motors wanted to name their 2017 car the “Model E”, so they could spell “ SEX” with their three car models. Ford Motors threatened legal action, so they changed it to “Model 3”, to spell “ S3X”.
bRma TIL DNA testing showed that one in three fish sold at restaurants and grocery stores is mislabeled as the wrong species.
a0lo TIL Deep Roy is the only actor to hold the “science fiction trifecta,” having appeared in Star Wars, Star Trek and Doctor Who. He’s also been in X-Files, NeverEnding Story, and Transformers.