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TIL that Snapchat lost nearly 40 million on unsold spectacles.

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nWKQr TIL The band Styx has been credited with releasing the first true power ballad, the song 'Lady', in 1973. Its writer, Dennis DeYoung, is called the "father of the power ballad". This song style appealed to female audiences and became a staple of 80s radio such as Motley Crue's "Home Sweet Home"
m1D5E TIL that ants are much more closely related to bees than wasps are
yQlJa TIL of Arnold Rothstein, the most powerful of the Jewish gangsters, AKA The Brain. He was strongly believed to have fixed the 1919 World Series, and was the first to import scotch during Prohibition. He is believed to be the one who transformed disorganized crime into a business.
dDy9r TIL Paul Allen’s Living Computers Museum in Seattle showcased the world’s largest collection of fully-restored, usable vintage computers and more. Allen died in 2018 and the museum closed permanently in 2020 as none of his family or investors seem to share his passion for computing history
X0XRr TIL in 1842, Charles Dickens visited the Whitehouse. He went to the front door and knocked, but no one answered, so he just let himself in.