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TIL that Microsoft uses SAP software, despite competing with SAP with its own ERP software (Microsoft Dynamics)

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E1mGo TIL that the rights to the film "Back to the Future" are entirely owned by its director Robert Zemeckis who has vowed for there to never, ever, be a reboot in his lifetime.
GYkKQ TIL Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. in 1867 for $7 million, mainly due to lack of resources and in fear of losing it to the UK should a war break out between the two countries
kORP1 TIL In 1918, an American socialist called Eugene Debs was sentenced to 10 years in prison for criticizing the government participation in WWI, in prison he ran for president in the 1920 presidential election and managed to get 3.4% in the popular vote.
awo9y TIL that in the Vietnam War the average number of rounds expended from an M-16 rifle to kill one enemy soldier was 50,000, or $23,000 per kill. In comparison it took a sniper an average of 1.3 rounds, or $0.17 to kill an enemy soldier.
OoKda TIL that Robert Stack was not the original host of Unsolved Mysteries but rather Raymond Burr who was subsequently followed by Karl Malden who both hosted specials. Stack hosted the first regular season