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TIL Levi Strauss made his fortune initially by making pants out of tent canvas for miners during the 1850s Gold Rush

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8emKZ TIL Although the Prince became his most famous work, Machiavelli as a writer identiefied more with his comedies, which he wrote to cope with depression and boredom after his career forcibly ended. In a bit of self deprecation, he signed a letter as "N.Machiavelli-historian, comedian and tragic"
dDDEB TIL United States Quarters have been used to play arcade games since Sega released the game “Periscope” in 1966.
Wk8dd TIL that Burt Ward, who played Robin in the 1966-1969 Batman T.V. series, attracted attention from the Catholic League of Decency for his below-the-belt bulge and the studio actually had him taking penis medication that would “shrink” him up.
XEP4D TIL In "Games without Frontiers" by Peter Gabriel that "she" is not "funky, yeah" or "Popular" it's "jeux sans frontières" (french)
8aRD8 TIL that in the late 80’s, Nintendo partnered with Sony to produce the “Nintendo PlayStation”. After a licensing agreement went bad, Sony independently marketed the console under their own name and the rest is history.