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TIL the panic of 1873 triggered an economic depression until 1877 in the USA and was known as the Great Depression until the events of 1929 set a new standard. The depression also occurred in Europe and started 2 decades of stagflation in Britain.

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nWmEP TIL that the Enigma machine, a German cypher used in WWII was officially invented in 1918 by Arthur Scherbius.
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