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TIL that r/todayilearned was temporarily shut down as a form of protest for a beloved long term employee that was allegedly being let go

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wL5eo TIL Many shoe stores in the U.S. during the 1940's-70's had shoe-fitting fluoroscopes, essentially X-ray machines for the feet to see how well a person's foot fit in the shoes they were considering buying.
v1Zbj TIL: The first combat submarine to sink a warship also simultaneously sank itself.
DL7P TIL I learned that General Motors, Standard Oil, Firestone Tire, Mack Trucks, and Phillips Petroleum were all convicted of monopolizing the sale of buses and supplies to National City Lines and its subsidiaries in an effort to eliminate the competing electric trolley car.
Xv8E TIL George Lucas approached Mark Hamill in 1983 and asked him if he’d like to play an elderly, mentoring Luke to hand the story to the next generation. When Hamill asked “When?”, Lucas replied with, “Oh, around 2011.”
ANgj4 TIL that even the tiny, urbanised nation of Monaco supports a small agriculture sector.