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TIL that from 1895 through 1907 the Rothschilds family loaned nearly $450,000,000 (equivalent to $14,100,000,000 in 2022) to European governments.

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VBjKk TIL In 2014 Facebook conducted a psychology experiment on 700,000 of its users without their knowledge to gauge if "exposure to emotions led people to change their own posting behaviours".
GYLEg TIL of Francis E. Dec, one of the first widely known “targeted individuals”. A former lawyer, he spent the last 25 years of his life writing and distributing rants about a “mad deadly worldwide communist gangster computer god” that controlled people’s minds and planned to take over the world.
JY67B TIL German man Oskar Speck kayaked from Germany to Australia over the period 1932-1939. On his arrival in Australia, shortly after the start of WWII, Speck was interned as an enemy foreigner. He remained in prisoner-of-war camps for the duration of the war, but stayed in the country after the war
QNvwX TIL that Target used to be known for having a "Design of the Decade" award-winning pill bottle design, ClearRx, but it was discontinued when their pharmacy division was sold to CVS in 2015. The patent was filed in 2005 so in 2025 the design will be fair for anyone to use.
eoMb TIL that most new cars have a safety feature that will automatically unlock all doors and have the hazards turn on after an accident. They also cut the main battery connection and the fuel pump relay, to prevent electrical fire and keep running emergency equipments.