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TIL - Universities get ‘Kickbacks’ from publishers for requiring their students to purchase textbooks

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EZNx TIL for the “horse of a different color” effect on The Wizard of Oz, horses were tinted with lemon, cherry and grape Jello powder, which the horses would persistently try to lick off.
J1mbB TIL Hitler was never elected to rule Germany. The president appointed him as chancellor because of pressure from the political elites and corporations.
kJGpd TIL Known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, in 1930 the United States enacted heavy tariffs that ultimately failed to achieve their intended outcome. Some economists attributed that action as leading to the Great Depression.
NGGQ TIL that the guy in the cowboy hat saving lives at the Boston Marathon bombings today tried to kill himself in 2004 after hearing that his son was killed in Iraq.
R5p4 TIL A Cigarette was developed that negated its cancerous effects, but was shelved because tobacco companies refuse to admit their product isn’t safe