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TIL In 1930, despite a petition by 1,028 economists, president Hoover passed the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act in an effort to alleviete the Great Depression. It prompted retaliatory tariffs by other countries. U.S. imports and exports fell by 67%, worsening the effects of the Great Depression

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YpZmG TIL that the rights to the original Captain Marvel have been owned by DC Comics since 1972. However, trademark conflicts with Marvel have resulted in DC marketing the hero under the name, "Shazam!"
OovvL TIL that Immanuel Kant promoted "scientific" racism, giving a hierarchy of four races: white Europeans "always advance to perfection", yellow Asians "can never reach the level of abstract concepts", black Africans "can be educated but only as servants", and red Amerindians "cannot be educated"
D1yDP TIL an economy coffin is designed to drop a body into the grave then be reused, conserving the wood materials and allow for quicker body decomposition. It did not catch on.
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