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TIL that Democrats were red and Republicans were blue until the year 2000

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wjD7 TIL the United States Army has not had a 5 Star General since Sept 22 1950.
PYxVg TIL "Fan Death" is a widely-held belief in South Korea that leaving an electric fan on overnight will kill a person. Even The Korea Consumer Protection Board issued a warning that "asphyxiation from electric fans and air conditioners" was among S.Korea's five most common summer accidents or injuries
rR1De TIL Blackbeard and his crew would lock themselves in the hold of the ship and light pots of sulphur to see who could last the longest without suffocating.
ne9v9 TIL about the U-238 Atomic Energy Lab, marketed to kids as a toy in the 1950's it came with 3 different types of live Uranium Ore and a Geiger Counter. The kit's intention was to allow children to create and watch nuclear and chemical reactions using radioactive material
Z8LRR TIL North Korea started to attempt to emulate certain aspects of China’s economic reform policies in 1980s, but both Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il felt great hostility toward China after Deng Xiaoping launched China on the path of pursuing market-oriented “socialism with Chinese characteristics”