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ZEoD TIL Instead of sending labor over to China or Bangladesh, manufacturers have chosen to forcibly employ up to 2.4 million incarcerated people in the United States. Chances are high that if a product you’re holding says it is ‘American Made,’ it was made in an American prison.
8po4 TIL Mister Rogers poured the wax that made the 100 billionth Crayola crayon.
WVV4 TIL that in the late 1970s, the US Government sprayed Paraquat (a deadly herbicide) on Mexican Cannabis fields and subsequently warned Americans that the chemical rendered Marijuana unsafe to smoke in order to deter users.
78RlM TIL about the Gibson Girl who was an early 20th century creation of the ideal woman
kORrE TIL the Pan-American Coffee Bureau coined the phrase 'coffee break' in 1952, and ran a $2 million advertising campaign with the message that a 'coffee break' would give workers 'a needed moment of relaxation along with a caffeine jolt'