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TIL the Soviets helped foster conspiracy theories around JFK's death in order to sway public opinion away from the US government

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ND7N TIL that France was still executing people by guillotine when Pac Man was introduced
AV7d TIL that Elsa from Frozen was originally evil until the executive producer realized she reminded him of his son
x6glo TIL about a historical sport called goose pulling, in which horsemen galloped full-speed to tear the head off a greased goose (sometimes hare) suspended from a rope. It's still practiced today but with a dead goose.
4kV9o TIL about Ragamuffin Day, a celebration in the New York metro area in the late-1800s and early-1900s in which children wore costumes and went door-to-door asking for candy or money on Thanksgiving. It fell out of favor as trick-or-treating on Halloween gained acceptance in the 1940s and '50s.
e06Zk TIL the Model T debuted in 1909 at $825 and had its price lowered numerous times because of increasing production efficiency. It bottomed out at $260- the equivalent of around $3600 today.