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TIL sheared sheep don’t recognise each other and fight for a few days to re-establish a hierarchy

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Lk4eP TIL A 9 company cartel fixed the prices of batteries worldwide from 2000 to 2011
kOG55 TIL in 1988 there were Anti-African protests in Nanjing, China. The protests were groundbreaking dissidence for China and would play a role in influencing the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
kOK1 TIL J.P. Morgan’s big break started in the Civil War by buying 5,000 defective rifles (shot off troops thumbs) from the US Army Arsenal for $3.50 ea. and then selling them back to a general in the field for $22 ea. He then escaped service from the war by paying $300 for a substitute.
6gpZ TIL that for a brief time, the US Playing Card Company released a 65 card deck that included a fifth suit, a Green Eagle, that was ranked higher than spades.
VMno4 TIL that the trees you see on top of buildings under construction are a tradition that symbolizes that no one died during the project and serve as a talisman for good luck.