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TIL President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave a farewell speech that warned the U.S citizens about a military industrial complex In 1961

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dYLZ TIL Walmart paid employees of “Walmart de Mexico” in company scrip vouchers usable only at Walmart stores until a court ruling in 2008.
M7G70 TIL the people who wrote The Oregon Trail changed "Indians" to "riders" and changed "tomahawked" to "knifed" in order to be more culturally sensitive.
rNOw1 TIL of August Landmesser, the "lone German man" who refused to give Hitler the nazi salute 'cause he was engaged to a Jewish woman; he was later imprisoned while she was sent to a concentration camp
4kL9X TIL of the 1955 Le Mans disaster. French driver Pierre Levegh crashed into a crowd of spectators. The crash, explosion and subsequent fire killed 84 and injured more than 120. It is still the deadliest car race crash ever.
nZL7 TIL Years after Tiger Stadium was demolished in Detroit, a group of fans came together and maintained the playing field. To this day, they still cut the grass and fertilize the field at their own expense. They now have little league games where the Detroit Tigers played for more than 100 years.