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TIL about the cost of living today compared to the 1920s- 100 Years Ago

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d8N9B TIL often dance shoes and tights are supposed to match the skin colors of dancers, but dancers of color have had trouble finding shoes and tights that matched their skin tones
R7Ee6 TIL that in 2015 Comedian Will Ferrell played in the MLB for Spring Training, playing for 10 teams and was once traded to the Cubs for a washing machine.
e0rXk TIL that Jews were often blamed and persecuted for being the cause of the Black Plague.
KBO9 TIL in 1973 NASA sent two spiders known as Arabella and Anita into space to see if the could spin a web without gravity. It took the spiders a couple days to figure out, but they eventually ended up making webs that were finer and more complex than their earth counterparts.
69R6Z TIL "アニメ/Anime" and "コスプレ/Kosupure" (cosplay) were borrowed from English, then later reborrowed back into English