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TIL Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Price in 1939

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8Xaa TIL: More than one study has found that chronic (long-term) whiplash tends not to exist in countries where there’s no expectation of compensation for it.
ZpwyY TIL the Dodge Brothers sued Henry Ford in 1919 after Ford tried to use his massive profits to increase wages and make car prices more affordable, claiming that a corporation's sole purpose must be to generate profit for shareholders instead of to benefit employees or consumers. They won.
80MV TIL that modern U.S swinging started in World War II amongst fighter pilots who shared wives as a bonding ritual, with a tacit understanding that the 2/3 of husbands who survived would look after the widows
VBWG TIL That there is a push to allow all of the old analog TV signals to be used as WiFi.