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TIL When worn on deployment, US Flag patches on uniforms are infrared so soldiers can be identified as friendly by others looking through night vision goggles

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NAO1 TIL the first credit card, issued in 1949 and made out of cardboard, was Diners Club. Co-founder Frank McNamara was dining with clients and realized he forgot his wallet. His wife paid the tab, and McNamara thought of a multipurpose charge card as a way to avoid similar embarrassments in the future.
W7v84 TIL about the "Society for Lying In" hospital in NYC, built in 1902, it's name based on archaic term for childbirth. It's estimated that 60% of the births in Manhattan took place there.
D1DeY TIL In 1999, a large fragment of a window fell from the CNA Center and killed a woman walking with her child. CNA Financial paid $18 million to settle the resultant lawsuit. Windows had been cracking since it had been built in 1975 and all of the building's windows were replaced in a retrofit.
Vr5p TIL in 1990 disabled activists got out of their wheelchairs and crawled up the steps of the Capitol, inconveniencing Senators to encourage a vote on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
7g1P TIL in 1990 a sitcom aired called ‘Heil Honey I’m Home’ featuring fictionalized versions of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun. It was cancelled after one episode.