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TIL canned food was a luxurious status symbol during the 19th century, as it was considered a frivolous novelty

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RaPa TIL that Jamie Johnson, the heir to the Johnson and Johnson fortune, made 2 documentaries showing how the 1% live and was sued for it by some of his friends who called him an “idiot” and a “traitor to your class.”
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