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TIL about the “Great Compression”, a period after WWII where economic inequality decreased and economic prosperity increased in the US.

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9Y6rB TIL Maurice Sendak - author of “Where the Wild Things Are” - once sketched a drawing in a letter and sent it to a child who was a fan of his. He later received a letter from the child’s mom telling him her son enjoyed the letter so much he ate it.
p7ZO TIL that Bruce Lee could snatch a dime off a person’s open palm before they could close it, and leave a penny behind
JYnyv TIL that musical prodigy Alma Deutscher was the subject of her linguist father's language experiments. He never told her the sky was "blue" in an effort to understand why ancient cultures never used the term for the sky. Her perceptions and name for the sky, "white", were reported in his 2010 book.
119V TIL the Haya people of Tanzania have been forging steel for over 2,000 years.
NX4yQ TIL that during World War II, Mexico contributed a squadron of P-47 fighters to the war against Japan - and they were the only military unit to ever fight outside of Mexico's borders.