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TIL State Farm paid $145million in punitive damages for having a “Jew list” to discriminate against claimants.

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VBLaB TIL The safety pin was invented in 1849 to settle a $15 debt.
x6NAB TIL that in 1947, after chocolate bars jumped from 5 to 8 cents, 200 kids marched to the British Columbia Capitol and shut down the government for a day. This protest is known as "The Candy Bar Strike".
OoxxL TIL that the official pronunciation (per NIST) for the prefix Giga is with a soft G. For example, Gigabyte is pronounced "Jigabyte" not "Gigabyte".
MeW0V TIL that an Aussie Prime Minister, who is presumed to have drowned back in 1967, has a swimming centre named in his honour
0wV1y TiL Traditional English Breakfast of bacon eggs sausage black pudding baked beans & grilled tomato was available only for royals and the wealthy in the 1300s. In the 1950’s when goods became more available to everyone most people were able to adopt this full breakfast. That’s about 600 years later!