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TIL that to lower the cost of the car and make it more affordable to Americans, Henry Ford took note of the work of efficiency experts like Frederick Taylor, the “father of scientific management”, resulting in a assembly line that reduced the time for car manufacturing, from 12 hours to 93 minutes

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EgyDw TIL Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief, warrior, and diplomat created an intertribal confederacy named Prophetstown to secure a nation that would be given the same rights, respect, and freedom as Canada and America. He died fighting during the war of 1812 before his dream nation became a reality.
VrVm TIL that the famous “Uncle Sam Wants You” and Smokey Bear’s “Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires” posters are both imitations of a British army recruitment poster from 1914.
d880Z TIL About "Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair" a video game where you make a movie with Steven Spielberg
j6pNn TIL San Francisco’s Alcatraz, the former federal penitentiary was the only prison to offer hot-water showers at the time
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