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TIL that Chris Rock faced heat for dropping a truth bomb about Christmas “Now, I don’t know Jesus, but from what I’ve read, Jesus is the least materialistic person to ever roam the Earth. And we turned his birthday into one of the most materialistic day of the year.”

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5YnBp TIL that many WW1 soldiers on the Western front spontaneously declared truces for Christmas 1914. On both sides, they left their trenches to bury their dead, hold church services, and trade cigars and other small goods in no man’s land.
0w57L TIL That Soviet Marshal Zhukov had Coca Cola make a special clear, unlabeled version for him so he wouldn't be seen drinking an "American imperialist symbol" after the Second World War
E1QGw TIL that Superman was originally a vigilante fighter and in one instance was fired upon by the National Guard after he destroyed a slum to force the government to build better housing for the poor. He was also often depicted using lethal force and attacking wife beaters, profiteers, and lynch mobs.
R7dd7 TIL that Whole Foods utilizes a heat map to track stores at risk of unionization. Stores at higher risk of unionizing have lower diversity
PYN8e TIL in 1978 a punk rock band called The Rotters released a song called "Sit On My Face Stevie Nix". The band Fleetwood Mac was pissed off about it, and tried to get radio stations, record stores and clubs to boycott them.