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TIL In 1851 when the refrigerated ice machine was patented, the large ice-importing industry ran a smear campaign against the technology, calling it immoral.

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WkYX4 TIL calling football “soccer” originated in Britain 200 years ago. It wasnt until the 1980s the name was phased out because it was thought to be “too American”
rNmZx TIL that in 1889, the Brazilian military, alongside slave-owning elites, organized a coup to overthrow emperor Pedro II for abolishing slavery. In response, a group of freed slaves organized themselves into a militia known as the Black Guard in order to guarantee the safety of the Imperial Family.
nemJ7 TIL the generation who grew up watching black-and-white TV experienced predominantly colourless dreams, until the widespread of colour television in the 1960s.
NXbKJ TIL that it's possible to to be libel-proof on the basis that your documented behavior has been so awful you're legally foreclosed from suing anyone for what they write about you. In the U.S. it's informally named the Dykstra defense.
N9NE TIL George Hjorth parachuted into France three nights before D-day with three film cameras. His mission was to hide in front of the German lines at Normandy and film whatever happened on the beach. He completed the mission successfully, but the film is lost in the archives.