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TIL the Nazis, and Hitler in particular, based much of their expansionism and discriminatory laws on the American treatment of Native Americans

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DQNKr TIL catalog showrooms began to decline in the U.S. after federal and state trade laws, which had allowed manufacturers to set a fixed retail price on their products for non-wholesalers, were ruled unconstitutional. The ruling allowed discount stores like Walmart and Kmart to offer lower prices.
OGV6a TIL General Douglas MacArthur had an underage mistress named Isabel Rosario Cooper, who was 16 when he met her in 1930. From 1930 to 1934 he kept her in a Washington DC hotel suite while serving as the chief of staff of the US Army.
Oa9R TIL the song ‘Louie Louie’ was the subject of a 31 month FBI investigation for reports of explicit sexual lyrics. The FBI was 'unable to interpret any of the wording in the record.’ Ironically, the drummer later admitted to yelling 'Fuck’ when he dropped his drumstick at 0:54 during the recording.
E1DZx TIL that Oxford, Mississippi was gifted a red double-decker bus by Oxford, England in 1994. Each year, the town has a long festival where they parade the bus around and eat barbeque.
rNXny TIL Albert Kahn was an industrial architect working out of Detroit. In 1937 he designed 19% of all factories built that year. He opened an architectural school in Russia. In 1941 he received the eighth highest salary in the USA, $486,936. His last building was the Willow Run bomber plant.