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TIL that Manson’s “The Pale Emperor” CD is printed with thermographic ink so it’s all black before it’s played and is totally white by the time it finishes playing.

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l7jBA TIL that despite being ubiquitous throughout the Roman world for centuries and appearing in sculptures and friezes across the empire, we don't know what the Romans called the armor they wore in battle. 16th century scholars gave it the name lorica segmentata.
Njo6 TIL Ikea is actually a Non-profit “dedicated to furthering the advancement of architecture and interior design”
8ePOL TIL in the early 1930s, Cadillac's policy was to not sell cars to black people. In 1933, Nicholas Dreystadt, a middle manager at General Motors, crashed a GM executive committee meeting and convinced them to drop the policy and instead market to black people. Sales increased by 70% within a year.
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