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TIL General Motors would not sell Cadillac cars to African Americans. Cadillac sales increased 70% right after one middle-manager got the racist policy dropped.

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9J47 TIL: As a Presidential candidate in 1968, Richard Nixon secretly sabotaged a peace deal in Vietnam. The war went on for 5 more years.
e0e1D TIL that the person who played 8-year-old Grinch in The Grinch (2000) was actually an 18 year old with dwarfism and passed away two years after the release of the film
5RWr TIL that Larry David didn’t want to use the name Kramer, as it was was based on his former neighbor of the same name, thinking he would take advantage. He was proved right when Kenny Kramer created the “Kramer Reality Tour”, which points out locations from scenes in Seinfeld.
OGJxe TIL for LA county residents, depending on the neighborhood they live in, life expectancy can vary up to 15 years.
78lPO Today I learned that the Cool S symbol is trademarked in the United States, but owner trademarked it to preserve it.