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TIL Chicago based street gangs such as the vice lords and gangster disciples recruited many native Americans into their gangs

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e00jn TIL USA military basic pay ranges from about $1,500 to over $19,000 per month (.pdf report)
W7re8 TIL that the United States Supreme Court established that the tomato should be classified as a vegetable rather than a fruit under U.S. Customs regulations. The Court’s 1893 decision was meant to differentiate the technical botanical definition from the commonly used one.
5VNyR TIL that in 1964, performance artist Dorothy Podber asked to “shoot” Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe paintings. Believing she wanted to photograph them, Warhol agreed - until she drew a gun and fired. One damaged “Shot Marilyn” sold in 2022 for $195M, a 20th-century art auction record.
W7GxA TIL: Only members of the genus Homo can touch the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger.
WkO8L TIL that the actual name of Nazi variation of the Swastika symbol is Hakenkreuz