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TIL the first e-commerce was a drugs deal in the early 1970s

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4neg TIL Sweden is so good at recycling that it has to import garbage from Norway to fuel its energy programs
pwbA TIL: That in 1933, former President George W. Bush’s Grandfather; Prescott Bush led a group of wealthy industrialists in a campaign to topple the US Gov’t. during the FDR Administration and install a Fascist Dictatorship.
lOB1 TIL during WW2 a mix of high explosive and flour was given to guerrillas fighting the Japanese. Codenamed ‘Aunt Jemima’, it could be safely cooked into pancakes and eaten. Uneaten pancakes or unused dough could still be used later as explosives. 15 tons were used; the ruse was never discovered.
v1NNL TIL Tiffany & Co, a luxury jewelry and specialty retailer, started out as a stationery and fancy goods store
1ayvX TIL about the Eight Immortals, members of the Communist Party of China who held substantial power during the late 20th century. Their descendants possess extensive wealth, outrank and possess greater prestige than most party officials due to their lineage, and can overrule most party decisions.