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TIL when the United States was fighting in World War 2, they asked Mexicans to cross the border to work agricultural jobs.

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nWJmY TIL about Jesse James biopic made in 1927. His light-hearted portrayal was found inaccurate by those who still remembered him as a vicious murderer, and the movie failed.
JY1r4 TIL of the practice of deloping, or "throwing away" your first shot in dueling, giving more meaning to the repeated refrain "I am not throwing away my shot" in the musical "Hamilton"
MeOL7 TIL Bill Gates owns a small investment firm which has the sole purpose of selling off shares of his Microsoft stocks on a daily basis and investing the profits in a tiny portfolio of high performance non-tech companies.
by0p TIL British tanks have hot water boilers for brewing tea.
7VXp TIL Karla Homolka tortured and raped three children with her husband, and likely killed them, but was only convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 12 years… Despite there being videos of her committing the rape and torture. She was released in 2005 and now has three children.