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TIL in 1928, the co-founder of Universal Pictures, Carl Laemmle Sr. made his son, Carl Jr., the studio head as a 21st birthday gift. Universal already had a reputation then for nepotism - 70 of Carl Sr.'s relatives were once on the payroll. This led to their downfall as owners of the studio in 1936

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Ooyb1 TIL of Ekaterina Mikhailova-Demina, who was the only woman to have served in front-line reconnaissance in the Soviet marines during WWII. She carried hundreds of men to safety. In 1944, she helped assault a Ukrainian city, singlehandedly attacking a German position and taking 14 prisoners.
wVYJ TIL that there is an alleged “chapstick conspiracy” and a movement to raise public awareness about the dangers of lib balm addiction
mWBM TIL when the Great Depression began in 1929, US was the only industrialized country in the world without unemployment insurance or social security.In 1935, Congress passed the Social Security Act, providing Americans with unemployment, disability and pensions for old age
BgMry TIL Mosquitos are humanity's deadliest predators; they have the highest kill toll on humans each year, and it has been claimed that almost half of the people who have ever lived have died of mosquito-vectored disease
P17Dn TIL that the planet's average temperature compared to today was just 6°C (11°F) lower, during the last ice age, and 4°C (7°F) higher, during the age of the dinosaurs. "In climate terms, a change of just a few degrees is a big deal." (Bill Gates, 2021)