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TIL Ted Lasso was an NBC ad campaign 7 years before the series.

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D1kvY TIL during the Great Depression, Will Kellogg directed his cereal plant to operate in four six-hour shifts to give more opportunities for Battle Creek residents to find work.
nQjb TIL the Lee-Enfield rifle has been in active service with at least one military since 1895 (currently still used by the Canadian Rangers)
awAry TIL that Jewish communities had lower death rates during the 14th c. Black Death due to their hygienic practices. This in part inspired a wave of antisemitic violence in Christian Europe, where some communities attributed the pandemic to a Jewish conspiracy.
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