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TIL you are less likely to die during an economic depression. This can be contributed to reduced traffic, cleaner air, and less expenditure going towards harmful vices such as tabacco and alcohol.

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kJVjg TIL that Knights fought in World War I
l7Yg7 TIL in the Battle of Tannenberg during WW1 where the Russians were so thoroughly defeated by Germany that their commanding general Alexander Samsonov committed suicide in shame. Russia lost over 50,000 soldiers.
Me5R7 TIL that in 2017 to AI chatbots created their own language to negotiate with each other
GA7vg TIL that Sony tried to change their logo in 1981 through Crowdsourcing. It didn’t work at all
xVMN5 TIL the "Betsy Ross" of the Iowa flag, Dixie Cornell Gebhardt, was born "Jim Dick" Cornell. Named after a horse owned by her father. Mercifully, her mother called her 'Dixie'.