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TIL After Hurricane Sandy, American Red Cross responded to NY Attorney General’s public request for information by hiring lawyers and arguing that some information about the response was a “trade secret” and “competitive harm” from competitors mimicking their model

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d8pDB TIL that people have been living in the multi-storey buildings of Taos Pueblo for over 1,000 years, the longest continuously inhabited place in the USA.
b99kE TIL plague doctors in the 17th century wore a bird-like mask filled with dried flowers and spices to keep away bad smells, which were thought to be the principal cause of disease. This was later disproved by Germ Theory.
4Xm9b TIL about Cremora Tart, a South African no bake dessert made with powdered non-dairy coffee creamer.
ADNDB TIL the US was ready to drop a third nuclear bomb on Japan by August 19, 1945. Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945.
5YmQP TIL the copyright for Peter Pan is incredibly complicated. Which includes competing laws from the U.K. and the EU; where the U.K. says a children’s hospital owns the rights for forever and the EU saying it’s already public domain.