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TIL every generation in history has viewed their children’s generation as inferior and lazy

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RRga TIL Walmart’s low wages cost government approximately $2.66 BILLION annually in food stamps and other taxpayer assistance.
9Yx8r TIL Marvin Heemeyer built a modified bulldozer in 2004, named Killdozer, to destroy his local town over zoning disputes. Killdozer consisted of armored plating, concrete reinforcements, video cameras, monitors and gun-ports for rifles and even included an AC for the inside.
D1r6e TIL When Toyota debuted its Lexus LS400 model, two drivers reported a minor issue and Toyota recalled every one of the 8000 cars sold. They sent a dealer to pick up the car and leave a loaner car free of charge. The car was returned repaired, washed, detailed, with a full tank of gas and a gift.
awkaM TIL in 1896 a temporary, one-day city was named in Texas called Crush, where two locomotives were to be smashed head-on for purposes of spectacle. It was, for a few hours, the 2nd largest city in TX with 40k attendees. The collision caused engine boilers to explode, resulting in death and injuries.
loDPB TIL that the first house lit by electricity in the US was in Appleton, WI despite Edison inventing the device in New Jersey.