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TIL Before the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Congress Passed a Similar Bill Called the Page Law of 1875 that Bans "Unfree Laborers and Women for Immoral Purposes"

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kOL0d TIL that they make turkey SPAM. And no, it’s not actually called SPURKEY.
78E97 TIL that air conditioning was originally invented not for comfort, but to control humidity in a printing company to prevent issues with paper and ink.
e0mDJ TIL about Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road - Ross went from an Eagle Scout to running a billion dollar underground drug market
M7NQ0 TIL: ASML, a Dutch tech company, dominates the semiconductor industry as the exclusive manufacturer of EUV photolithography machines – the critical key to crafting advanced computer chips.
OolQL TIL, that Mein Kampf was not the only book written by Hitler. Finished in 1928, a second book never went to press and remained in manuscript form. The English title of the second book is " Hitler's Second Book".