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46ko TIL that there were 8 African-American men from Southern states elected to Congress in 1870, just five years after the Civil War. Another black man wouldn’t be elected from a Southern state for the next 72 years.
eQME TIL that in 1859, an American farmer in the San Juan Islands shot a pig who was eating his potatoes, but the pig happened to belong to a British colonist. In the ensuing confrontation, 461 Americans and 14 artillery faced 5 British warships with 70 cannons and 2140 men. The only casualty was the pig
YpknG TIL a 2011 study showed that a group of 4 year olds had a temporary lapse in cognitive function after watching 9 minutes of SpongeBob
a11A TIL that Howie Hubler, a Morgan Stanley bond trader, is responsible for the biggest loss on a trade in history: $9 billion in 2007 during the housing market collapse. He was given the option to resign instead of being fired in October 2007, receiving $10 million in back pay upon his departure.
wLGpW TIL the supermarket chain Publix has never laid off an employee