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78r7Z TIL in the early 20th century, mother's pensions were used to help poor mothers in the US stay at home so they could take care of their children. During this time period, it was common for poor women to give up their kids to orphanages. These cash payments were intended to prevent that.
XBOj TIL Northrop designed a cheap fighter that was so good, its considered one of the best fighters never to enter production. Despite not even entering service, it ended up saving the government huge sums of money because the existing competition dropped their prices to avoid letting it get any sales.
aDjo TIL that a kid got wedgied so hard it detached a testicle from the scrotum.
PgEJ TIL there is a 390 acre tract of of virgin-old growth forest in central Pennsylvania. It features ancient hemlock trees and 20-foot rhododendrons. This area was conserved because of a land dispute between logging companies in the 1900’s. Pic’s in the comments.
yQKop TIL in 2002 Microsoft forgot to pay to renew one of their domains and a random guy paid the bill so he could check his hotmail.