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TIL Microsoft makes more money from Samsung than from Skype, Windows phone, and XBOX combined

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69Y6Q TIL Requiem for a Dream was given a NC-17 rating cause of a sex scene involving Jennifer Connelly's character. When Darren Aronofsky refused to change it cause it'd undercut his goal of de-glorifying drug use by showing the worst places it can take a person, his distributor just released it unrated.
pVop TIL there’s a Burger King in Finland with a nude sauna built in. You can also bring the food you bought and eat in there.
Z8ZxG TIL there was a walled city in Hong Kong that had no laws and the population was 119 times as dense as NYC.
v8Kr TIL some Ultramarathon Runners Remove their Toenails Permanently
06Vp TIL in 1999 chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov played The World in a game of chess that lasted over four months. Over 50,000 people from more than 75 countries participated in the game with moves being decided by majority vote. Garry ended up winning on turn 62 when 51% of The World decided to resign.