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TIL That in the 80s Nestle tricked African villagers by giving them free baby formula thus causing their bodies to stop producing breast milk in order to sell their product for entire infancy, they even had sales people wear "nurse" coats to advise that formula was safer than their breastmilk.

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grjB4 TIL One term at the signoria, the government of the republic of Florence, was only two months long. Its members were not elected but randomly selected from a pot of eligible names. During their term, the priors were required to abandon their private business and live full time at the city hall
jN5lR TIL: The Beatles historic concert at Shea stadium in 1965 was only about 30 minutes long.
Z8yXp TIL about the "Battle of Hayes Pond", where in 1958, fed up with recent cross burnings on their grounds, over 500 armed members of the Lumbee Tribe surrounded a KKK rally and exchanged fire with them, destroying the only light source and forcing the Klan members to flee the area.
R7691 TIL In 1940, when Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas was given an ultimatum by Mussolini to surrender Greek lands for Italian occupation, Metaxas allegedly sent one word in reply: “No.”
M7KrW TIL that from 1928 to 2016, no Republican won the presidency without Richard Nixon or a Bush on the ticket