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

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9Yx96 TIL ‘The Blair Witch Project’ cost $60,000 to make and grossed $248 million, giving it a ratio of $10,931 made for every $1 spent. One of the cameras used for the production was purchased at Circuit City and then returned for a refund once filming was complete.
gr5A9 TIL that when an apiary needs a new queen the farmer can't just put one in or the bees may kill her because she smells unfamiliar, so what the farmers do is lock the little queen in a cage with a door made of sugar, so that by the time the workers eat enough sugar for her to leave they are familiar.
9b1Q TIL Most of the Major gum Brands in the US (Orbit, Juicy Fruit, 5 (gum), Hubba Bubba, etc) are all Owned by the Same Manufacturer - Wrigley
lBkK TIL that during the siege of Jerusalem in 1917, the British started to airdrop cigarettes filled with large doses of Opium, hoping that the Ottomans would be too stoned to fight. It worked.
GZy4 TIL In 1990 L.A. (Bel-Air) had a worse crime rate than Philadelphia. Bad news for the Fresh Prince