Template:Did you know/31
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- ... 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.
