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TIL that in 1973, the Vanderbilts held a family reunion. Not one of the 120 decedents were millionaires at the time.

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NXrN1 TIL during the Coolie Ordinances in the Dutch East Indies it was ordained that plantation owners were completely free to exact physical or capital punishment on their indentured workers. This system ended in the early 1940s, and it is estimated many tens of thousands perished.
Xnr6 TIL That Neil Armstrong was carrying pieces from the Wright Brothers first plane while on the surface of the moon
09dR TIL Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
8Rda TIL “Esposa”, the Spanish word for “handcuffs”, is also the word used for “wife” in Spanish
Lbnp TIL: In 2009, Detroit had a worse unemployment rate than during the Great Depression.