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TIL the original Xbox lost Microsoft 4 billion dollars over the course of it's lifespan

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4XpxJ TIL of the horseshoe theory, in which the far right and the far left in fact closely resemble one another (tendency to support authoritarian governments, etc), such that the political continuum resembles a horseshoe rather than a linear line.
nLDr TIL During his time as a Congressman and later the US President, John F Kennedy donated all of his salary to charity.
kOKY7 TIL firefighters that responded to last year's fire at Notre Dame knew which works of art to rescue and in which order following a protocol developed for such a disaster.
nYMY TIL the scientific adviser to the 2014 film Interstellar spent two weeks talking Christopher Nolan out of having a character travelling faster than the speed of light, as it defies the laws of physics
16kmX TIL that the Olympic Games used to be sponsored by and partnered with Tobacco companies