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TIL British pub signs are so colorful and distinct and were originally created to draw in pre-literate drinkers

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5Vmn9 TIL that despite infamously campaigning on "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever," Alabama governor George Wallace later renounced segregationism, publicly apologized to the black community, and appointed record numbers of African Americans to state positions and his cabinet.
9DWm TIL that killing someone to prevent the theft of property is legal in Texas. A jury used that standard to acquit a man who shot a prostitute who ran away with his money in 2013.
J1rYj TIL US adults bought more toys for themselves than for any other age group in the first quarter of 2024 for the first time ever, surpassing the historically-dominant preschooler (three-to five-year-olds) market. Up to 43% of adults had purchased a toy for themselves in the past year.
0d10p TIL the first recorded labor strike in history occurred in the 12th Century BCE in Ancient Egypt, when artisans tasked with building the necropolis (burial chambers) of King Ramses III struck repeatedly over insufficient rations
69YvQ TIL Jimmy Carter's mother was in the Peace Corps at 68 years old