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TIL chocolate magnate Milton Hershey launched a ‘Great Building Campaign’ during the Great Depression with the aim of employing more people. When he was told that a steam shovel being used on a project did the work of 40 men, he instructed his foreman: “Take them off. Hire 40 men.”

oQA7 TIL that Bill Watterson, the author of “Calvin and Hobbes”, believed that adapting the comic to any other medium would compromise its integrity. He believed this so strongly that he turned down personal calls from Steven Spielberg and George Lucas offering to make animated movies.
kJV95 TIL the nursery rhyme "Mary had a little lamb" is based on a real incident in the life of Mary Sawyer. Mary brought her lamb, who followed her everywhere, to school one day. The teacher kicked lamb out, but the lamb waited patiently outside the school for Mary.
kOBgm TIL that Singapore Changi Airport has a three storey indoor slide, a butterfly garden, and a movie theatre that screens movies for free. It has also been named the World’s Best Airport by Skytrax for the 6th year running
4X7Qo TIL about Fr. James Coyle, a Catholic Priest in Alabama who was murdered in 1921 for celebrating a secret interracial marriage.
oMW7 TIL in 2005, Wells Fargo started a program to educate black communities on building “generational wealth.” This program turned out to be a front for steering black people into predatory loans. WF paid damages, but not before 100s of houses were foreclosed.