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TIL that mid-level managers rather than those at the bottom of the corporate hierarchy, suffered the most from depression

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MWk8 TIL crisps (potato chips) are labelled “ready salted” because old-fashioned crisps came with a little bag of salt, which the consumer could choose whether or not to use.
Gxrg TIL that between 120 and 140 men, women and children were killed on September 11, 1857, in Utah, when Mormons attacked and slaughtered a wagon train with the help of local Indians - the bodies were stripped of belongings by Mormons and sold off at local auctions for profit
NXkxe TIL the Kerguelen Islands, nicknamed the "Desolation Islands," host WWII’s southernmost German war grave. A sailor from the cruiser Atlantis died there in 1940 while painting the ship's funnel.
v1W04 TIL According to the United States Department of Treasury, an estimated $200 million in counterfeit bills are in circulation, or approximately 1 note in counterfeits for every 4,000 in genuine currency.
rNXre TIL Olympians live 5 years longer on average than the general population