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TIL that the monobloc chair has received a polarised social reception, being described by some as "the real evil of globalization", while others have called it one of "the world's most perfectly designed object".

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lxWB TIL that the phrase “under God” wasn’t part of the Pledge of Allegiance until 1954, and that its adoption was largely due to pressure from the Knights of Colombus
rNJL1 TIL The Little White schoolhouse built in 1853 in Ripon, Wisconsin, is the birthplace of the Republican Party. The first meeting was held on March 20, 1854 to fight against the spread of slavery. This meeting and another in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6 led to the formation of the Republican Party.
69LvY TIL that James Capone, Al Capone's older brother, was a lawman who fought liquor dealers during Prohibition and arrested about twenty murderers. He later became a justice of the peace, changing his name to Richard James “Two Gun” Hart to distance himself from his infamous family.
4XX7o TIL the only bloodshed in the Anglo-Swedish war occured when a Swedish general killed 30 Swedish farmers for refusing to fight.
N7VB1 TIL a good healthy kidney from Israel goes for about $160,000 on the black market and a kidney from India goes for $20,000