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TIL that food assistance programs were made to get rid of excess cheese that the government bought from farmers

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wLMa1 TIL it used to be tradition for newly emaciated African Americans to parade in armed militias for the 4th of July
5YNk TIL In 1988, a US warship shot down an Iranian airliner while in their waters. A total of 290 Iranians died, including 66 children. The U.S. paid $61.8m in reparations, but never apologized. VP Bush later stated, I’ll never apologize for the U.S. Ever. I don’t care what the facts are.
J1gOm TIL the phrase "vox populi, vox dei" was originally a warning about the dangers of listening to the crowd
9YPlB TIL one of the first radio communications from an aircraft in flight was "Roy, come and get this goddamn cat.”
M7X9V TIL in 1964 AT&T debuted “Picturephone” for face to face calls. It projected 100k+ subscribers by 1975, but only ever had a few hundred. The service cost $160/mo at 25¢/min (or about $1,300/mo at $2/min adjusted for inflation in 2022)