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TIL the Hawaiian Pizza was created by a Canadian who immigrated there from Greece

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4XZ1R TIL that by 1983, the “Quartz Crisis” had decimated the Swiss watchmaking economy, which had 1,600 watchmakers in 1970 and eventually fell to 600.
kPn1 TIL Irena Sendlar, the “Oskar Schindler,” smuggled 2500 Jewish infants out of the Warsaw Ghetto during WW2. When caught by the Nazis she had her limbs broken and was beaten. When nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize she lost to Al Gore, who made a PowerPoint slideshow on global warming.
0dorM TIL From 1868 until 1913 in the US, 90% of all federal revenue came from taxes on liquor, beer, wine, and tobacco.
m14JE TIL Arsenic was known to be dangerous and addictive in the Victorian Era, but small amounts in the form of edible wafers were thought to not only be safe but to help one achieve that sought-after pale complexion, giving the skin an "indescribable brilliancy" according to advertisements.
rNERo TIL In 1966, President Kennedy's brain disappeared from the National Archives