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TIL that circuit breakers are installed to prevent major stock market crashes

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oBga7 TIL about the Boxing Day Tsunami in Sumatra: It was the eighth biggest earthquake recorded in history. The earthquake measured 9.3 on the Richter Scale and it caused 230 000 deaths around Asia.
jNQEX TIL Dorothea Lange, famous depression era photographer, documented the internment of Japanese-Americans in 1942. The unflattering photos were quietly deposited into the National Archives, where they remained largely unseen until 2006.
W7eo TIL As late as the seventeenth nannies in Europe gave young boys hand jobs as an efficient way to put them to sleep
nWkvb TIL of Jonathan Wild. He was a underworld figure notable for operating on both sides of the law, posing as a vigilante entitled the Thief-Taker General. He simultaneously ran a significant criminal empire, and used his crimefighting role to remove rivals and launder the proceeds of his own crimes.
6EEQY TIL Curb Your Enthusiasm's iconic theme song originated from this scene in a 1974 Italian film, "La Bellissima Estate"