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TIL Jimmy Carter saved beer by deregulating the entire beer industry

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9oMB TIL In 1946 the Winecoff Hotel, advertised as “absolutely fireproof”, was the site of the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history. 119 people died spurring significant changes in U.S. building codes. A 24-year-old grad student won the 1947 Pulitzer for a shot of one occupant’s leap from the fire.
4XDyg TIL as early as 839 AD, Swedes & Scandanavians served as mercenaries in the Byzantine army. Swedish men left to enlist in such numbers that a new law "Västgötalagen" was created that said no one could inherit while staying in Greece to stop emigration.
e0QV5 TIL that during WWII Polish children and women were given refuge by an Indian king.
0wlaN TIL that in USA, parents are 12.7% less likely to be happy than childless people.
ja1j TIL: one of the reasons America has Electoral College is because James Madison was worried about “tyranny of the majority”, which involves a scenario in which a majority places its own interests above those of a minority group.