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TIL the US dollar has inflated almost 100% since 1990

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QrGX TIL American steel magnate Charles M Schwab died a pauper with over $300k in debt after blowing through a fortune that was worth $500-$800 million dollars today
ZjLG TIL that Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said that the manager of officials of the NBA “wouldn’t be able to manage a Dairy Queen.” Dairy Queen was offended by this and invited him to manage a Dairy Queen for a day. Cuban accepted the company’s invitation and worked for a day at a Dairy Queen
Z8mp4 TIL in 1963 Alfred Heineken created a beer bottle that could also function as a brick to build houses in impoverished countries.
OMn1 TIL that Mao launched the ‘Hundred Flowers Movement’ in order to receive constructive criticism on how to change China and the CCP. Shortly after, he changed course and launched a campaing persecuting those who criticised him.
M7xK7 TIL that the oldest English recipe for an Indian-style curry dates to 1758