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TIL the Dodge Brothers sued Henry Ford in 1919 on the grounds that a company should act in the interests of its shareholders and not for the good of society, its customers or its employees

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9YonG TIL a daughter of US Rep. Leo Ryan (who was famously murdered while investigating the cult at Jonestown in 1978) later went on herself to join the Rajneesh movement (which orchestrated the first and largest bioterror attack ever in the US, and plotted to assassinate a US Attorney).
eAMD TIL Pop Rocks were the result of Tang inventor William A. Mitchell’s attempt to create an instant carbonated soda.
pYr98 TIL that fierce battles between axis and soviet forces continued in Czechoslovakia well after the German Surrender of 9 May, with tens of thousands of further casualties
E1b6o TIL about Peter Norman from Australia who finished 2nd the 1968 200m final. Norman stood in solidarity with the American Black athletes. It was Norman who suggested, when discovered they only had 1 pair of gloves, to each wear one each.
4Qxw TIL that the Vatican broadcast its public approval of Pokémon in April 2001, claiming that the game was based on “intense ties of friendship” and lacked “any harmful moral side effects.”