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TIL from 1951 to 1973 the world economy grew almost 5% annually, but from '74 until the century end it slumped to 2%

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rNw4d TIL about Franklin and Armfield, the largest slave trading firm in US history. Adjusted for inflation, the company was worth billions of dollars.
rNOxd TIL Ohio was technically not admitted to the United States until 1953; before that it was still part of the Northwest Territory. In 1803 the State filed a petition to join the union, but their constitution was never ratified. In 1953, a bill was passed admitting Ohio, but backdated to March 1, 1803.
E1aV7 TIL the chocolate candy "Smarties" in Europe/Canada is entirely different from the hard sugar candy "Smarties" in the USA
DBor TIL the United States Air Force nearly detonated an atomic bomb over North Carolina in 1961. The bomb was 260 times more powerful than the device which devasted Hiroshima in 1945.
LDX0 TIL- Weather Modification Warfare has been banned by the United Nations