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TIL A $400+ pair of Beats By Dre costs about $14 to make.

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X0m4E TIL that JFK didn’t invite Sammy Davis Jr. to his 1961 inauguration as Sammy had married a white woman, and JFK was worried that the presence of an interracial couple would upset Southerners. Dean Martin, who was angered by this news, refused to attend the inauguration in solidarity with Sammy.
Y7POr TIL The Smart in Smart car is from the cooperation of the Swiss company Swatch with Mercedes-Benz: Swatch Mercedes ART. In its branding, the company lowercases its logotype and the logo incorporating a “c” and an arrow for the car’s “cute”, “compact”, and “forward-thinking” styling.
b9P69 TIL that between 1968-99, Black, Latinx, and Asian American UC students led multiple strikes on campus to demand ethnic studies courses, fair admission practices, and scholarships for POCs.
9YV97 TIL about Heat Shock, the reason why the people of Pompeii didn't have a chance to flee is because Mount Vesuvius boiled their blood and caused their skulls to explode within seconds.
9ej6 TIL America’s last third-party candidate to successfully win the presidency was in 1860. The party was the Republicans, and the President was Abraham Lincoln.