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TIL: A fortune cookie company once foretold the lottery, resulting in 110 winners

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pY7Q8 TIL Georg Cantor, the mathematician who came up with the idea that 'infinity has different sizes', was rejected by most of his contemporaries for his ideas and, as a result, suffered from chronic depression. He had to be confined to various sanatoria until the end of his life.
WaJX TIL that in 1942, a US Navy Captain successfully sank a German U-Boat off the Louisiana coast. The Navy disbelieved his report because he “hadn’t received anti-submarine training” and reprimanded him and his crew for what they presumed must have been a “sloppy” attack. He was removed from command.
j6ZpX TIL In the 2008 Jeopardy! Teen Tournament, two contests both named Rachel made it to the final. To avoid confusion when calling on the contestants to answer, one of them went by Steve for the games.
nBmW TIL Every GoldenEye 007 N64 cartridge contains a fully functional ZX Spectrum emulator with ten Rare developed games
xV8R7 TIL The sponsor, ad agency, producers and most of the people involved in the production of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" thought it was doomed to fail. When it aired on December 9, 1965, half of American TV viewers tuned in.