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From Wikislippy

  • ... that the Xbox was originally to be named "DirectX-box", to show the extensive use of DirectX within the console's technology.
  • ... that the United States bought Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 in 1867 (about two cents an acre).
  • ... that The Oscars during World War II were made out of plaster because metal was scarce.
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