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TIL that a German family worth close to $40B built their wealth as hardcore Nazis starting in the 1920s. They now own Panera, Krispy Kreme, Dr. Pepper, Snapple, Jimmy Choo and 12 percent of the global coffee market.
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TIL of General Order 11 where general Ulysses S Grant expelled Jewish people from 3 states under his control out of a belief that they were responsible for corruption and smuggling in the region, shortly after this order was issued it was countermanded by Abraham Lincoln.
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TIL of Francis Salvador – elected to South Carolina’s Provincial Congress in 1774, he’s considered the first member of the Jewish faith to hold elective office in America. Killed in a joint Loyalist/Cherokee ambush in 1776, he became the first Jewish soldier to die for the Patriot cause.