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TIL Microsoft was making $5-15 on every Android phone sold because of patents, peaking at $2bil in 2013

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YpRdB TIL High priced college textbooks bundled with "access codes" that expire at the end of the semester largely force students to buy books at retail prices at campus bookstores and render the texts worthless in the resale market. Nearly four in 10 college courses bundle their texts with access codes.
BrdEL TIL that on the set of Spider-man: Homecoming, Michael Keaton would troll Tom Holland by whispering "I'm Batman" during fight scenes
XEYNr TIL Charlie Chaplin got the inspiration for the classic Modern Times after a conversation with Mahatma Gandhi on modern technology.
VKmB TIL that when Apple began designating employee numbers, Steve Jobs was offended that Wozniak received #1 while he got #2. He believed he should be second to no one. His solution? He took #0 instead.
xNG1 TIL That between 1980- 2010 the bodies of over 500 missing women were discovered off of US highways, thought to have been murdered by serial killers who drive OTR Semis.