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TIL: The Panic of 1873 was known as the "Great Depression" until the events of 1929 and the early 1930s set a new standard.

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59Yn TIL: Widely publicized testimony given in 1990 claiming Iraqi soldiers took babies out of incubators and left them to die is today admitted to be false and has largely come to be regarded as wartime propaganda.
OoVkR TIL according to the US Flag Code "The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery", and "No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform"
J1KrQ TIL that at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, Puma paid Brazilian superstar Pelé, the equivalent of $2.85 million to delay the start of the match to tie his shoe. With the cameras panning to him and his shoe, Puma gained unprecedented global publicity which marked a turning point in their feud with Adidas.
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Ypg77 TIL that the impossible-to-remove-cleanly foil seal on medication bottles was developed because someone poisoned 7 people by adding cyanide to Tylenol bottles in Chicago drug stores in 1982.