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TIL the We Can Do It poster is not Rosie the Riveter and was only used internally by one company

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W7jwB TIL No federal legislation specifically opposing lynching was passed in the US until 2022
a8M0y TIL the U.S. Army National Guard has a "Rainbow Division," formed in World War I from many states
RWd4 TIL in 1972 a pocket of uranium in Africa was found to have undergone self-sustaining nuclear fission for over 100,000 years, making it the only known naturally formed nuclear reactor.
N7Lpb TIL 1996 U.S. Cables have detailed how the Saudi Royal Family members received stipends up to $200,000-$270,000 a month, and when a US embassy economics officer visited the office responsible for the distribution, he described it as a place “bustling with servants picking up cash for their masters.”
N0bN TIL a watchmaker 240 years ago invented robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.