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TIL in the 1920s pedestrian deaths were considered public tragedies with monuments built for killed children and their mothers given honorary emblems. Then the automotive industry created the term ‘jaywalker’ to shift the blame onto the victims and ridicule them.

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yQxAp TIL the “Crescent Moon” on the South Carolina flag isn’t a moon at all, but a gorget, worn by military in 1775 to protect the neck in battle.
78oZ7 TIL that the Canadian courier company now known as Purolator got its name from the US maker of oil and air filters, which owned it from 1967-1987
jNOPR TIL that in 2001, there's a concept car known as the Toyota Pod that is capable to express its own feelings with colored LEDs, and features an antenna that wags like a dog's tail.
axrM TIL according to a 2009 study, 54% of Americans aged 18-29 expect to become what they consider rich
mBaM TIL that elections were never part of the first democracy in ancient Greece, where decision making was mainly done by the people themselves, frequently chosen by using a lottery system. They viewed elections as a system that encourages aristocracy and elitism.