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TIL: J. Edgar Hoover opposed Japanese Internment Camps. Saying the decision was “based on public and political pressure, not factual data”.

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KPpa TIL German chocolate cake doesn’t come from Germany. The cake took its name from an American with the last name of “German.”
N797P TIL about the tabulating machine, which was invented to help process the 1890 Census and spawned the data processing industry, IBM, and modern computing as a whole
vKPx TIL that 54% of girls under age 16 have experienced some form of unwanted sexual attention; 24% have experienced rape or coercive sex; 17% have experienced incest. The rate of sexual abuse for girls with disabilities is quadruple that of the national average. (Today is Women’s day.)
oBLL TIL Magenta isn’t actually a color that is on the visual spectrum, and is invented by the brain to make a middle color between red and violet.
b4ea TIL Coke countered Crystal Pepsi with Tab Clear. The idea was that Tab was perceived as an inferior, boring diet type drink, and equating it as competition with Crystal Pepsi would damage its image. Coke succeeded and both products were dead within five months