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TIL the history of this iconic design known as "jazz"
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TIL during the industrial revolution, toxic metals such as Copper Arsenite, Red Lead and Vermillion (Mercury) were used as food colouring for everyday foods like milk, cheese and tea.
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TIL about Job Maseko, a Black South African volunteer soldier, who sunk Nazi ship using IED made from tin and stolen gunpowder during his time at POW camp in North Africa
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TIL Lynyrd Skynyrd’s namesake Leonard Skinner had his company’s sign in one of the band’s albums. On the sign was his phone number. He’d receive late night calls saying “Who’s speaking?” He’d say “Leonard Skinner” and they’d say “Far out” and hang up.
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TIL that a copy of a groundbreaking British economics report was found in Hitler’s bunker, with annotations stating that the British system was far superior to any Nazi socio/economic policy.
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TIL national ensign of France is not divided into equal parts, but instead into a ratio of 30:33:37, to compensate for the flapping of the flag making the furthest segment appear smaller