My "favorite" Microsoft fact is that DirectX and Xbox were codenamed Manhattan and Midway because Microsoft's gaming division just ran on "what codename would be the most racist towards Japanese people?". The dxdiag icon is an X because it was originally the radiation symbol!
And this tradition is carried on to this day in milder form when Western game devs hear Elden Ring is more popular than their game or try to "fix" visual novels and JRPGs without playing any of them.