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TIL that the FAX machine was invented the same year as the great migration on the Oregon Trail began

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9agQ TIL in 2016, it was discovered that Beyonce’s “Empower Women” clothing line was made by women sweat shop labourers working on less than £5 a day.
OoOB4 TIL that David Blair was originally assigned as the Second Officer on the Titanic, but due to a change just before the sailing, was not on the crew. In his quick departure, he accidentally kept a key to a locker containing binoculars, thus preventing the crew from using them to help spot icebergs.
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