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TIL that 'Keep Calm and Carry On' was produced by the MOI of British Government to be issued in the event of the Second World War. But it was never officially issued and very few original designs have remained.

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okQE TIL that there was widespread and violent persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses during WWII due to their refusal to salute the flag, with the ACLU recording nearly 1500 attacks over a 5 month period around the country.
DQ7me TIL after people are diagnosed with heart disease, less than 60 percent of all patients take a statin.
pY4OG TIL of Sidney Korshak, a lawyer who was the Chicago Mafia’s main man in Los Angeles. Korshak went to his death, without so much as a criminal indictment against him, let alone a conviction.
wLd8 TIL that when Joe Frazier was a boy, other kids would give him food or money to walk with him at school to avoid being bullied.
oNPW TIL Mark Zuckerburg, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffet signed a promise they called the “Giving Pledge”, in which they promised to donate to charity at least half of their wealth over the course of time.