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TIL Yahoo turned down the chance to buy Google for $1 million in 1997.

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XwPE TIL Christian von Koenigsegg believed that one day, computer memory chips would be able to store an entire CD’s worth of data and that it would probably be a cheaper way to buy and store music. However, no one seemed interested in the idea, so, Christian moved on.
8VvX TIL George Washington considered burning down all of NYC
eppOn TIL: Cigarettes were created with the idea of "a woman's cigar" in mind since cigars were considered unladylike. Hence the -ette at the end of the word "cigarette".
E15wW TIL The Russian Empire spanned into Alaska, Northern California, and parts of Hawaii before selling its colonial possessions to the US in 1867.
0dlp TIL Adolf Hitler was the first one to name a weapon an “assault rifle” (for the Nazi Army’s StG 44 weapon)