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TIL Nokia was founded in 1865

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OGEGY TIL that in 2020 the Smithsonian published an article claiming that things like individualism, planning for the future, avoiding conflict, and being polite were all aspects of "white culture"
Wk8DN TIL a woman named Frances Perkins was outside the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory during the fire and saw dozens of people jump to their deaths due to unsafe work conditions. She went on to become the first female Secretary of Labor and founded the Factory Investigating Commission to improve work safety
p8DD4 TIL of the so-called 'Sewing Circle'; an underground group of lesbian and bisexual Hollywood actresses alleged to have included Marlene Dietrich, Lili Damita, Dolores del Rio, Claudette Colbert and many others. The group would meet at each other's homes for 'lunch, conversation and possibilities'.
8pr8 TIL that the Blue Code of Silence is an unwritten rule among police officers in the United States not to report on another colleague’s errors, misconducts, or crimes.
LL09 TIL before the Emancipation Proclamation, Union commanders effectively “freed” Southern slaves they encountered by declaring them “contraband” and seizing them. The slaves were employed as non-combat laborers and given a wage and rations, and many later enlisted as soldiers in the Union Army.