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TIL in 2018 Barnum Animal Crackers freed its mascot animals from their cages, after 116 years of using the prior art design.

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R58X8 TIL that Manipur is known as the Jewel of India.
AQb7 TIL that during the runup to WW2 Chase Bank made $500K by selling Reichsmarks stolen from Jews that fled Germany to Nazi sympathizers in the US.
4XJ0b TIL you are less likely to die during an economic depression. This can be contributed to reduced traffic, cleaner air, and less expenditure going towards harmful vices such as tabacco and alcohol.
kO4o7 TIL Steven Spielberg resented his father for divorcing his mom which influenced his early works of ET and Close Encounters. But later Steven found out his mom cheated on his dad and so he made father/son reconciliation a theme in Catch Me If You Can and Lincoln.
RNM1 TIL at the night of 9/11, Iranians held vigils for the victims of WTC bombings