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TIL Werner Sombart, the economist who invented the term ‘late stage Capitalism’ was a supporter of the Nazis, and praised them in his book ‘Deutscher Sozialismus’

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a8M59 TIL that JFK didn’t invite Sammy Davis Jr. to his 1961 inauguration as Sammy had married a white woman, and JFK was worried that the presence of an interracial couple would upset Southerners. Dean Martin, who was angered by this news, refused to attend the inauguration in solidarity with Sammy.
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nDwr TIL The Band “311” chose to use the local police code for indecent exposure as their name after a band member was arrested for streaking