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TIL kinect got into guiness world record as fastest selling accessory

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kO5n4 TIL: Lego illegally copied the iconic brick designs of Hilary Page whom committed suicide due to lack of sales for his Self-Locking Building Bricks prior to realizing his designs were even being copied.
R78Aa TIL there is a race in Canada where people are racing in boats made of giant pumpkins.
GAlXE TIL an untrue myth says that the president of the Titanic's operating company, J Bruce Ismay, stole a seat on a lifeboat. Actually, the myth came from deceptive newspaper stories. (The newspaper's owner had a vendetta against Ismay) A Nazi film later portrayed Ismay as a Jewish businessman.
vnEr TIL that the Shell Corporation started out in 1833 as an import-export business specialising in oriental seashells. They started shipping oil over 50 years later but the name stuck.
9Lkm TIL there is an app that blocks all mentions of the Kardashians