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TIL That Reddit has spent a total of $500 on advertising since its creation, all of which went towards stickers.

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JWym TIL In 1955 Hugh Hefner released a short story about straight men being persecuted in a gay world. After receiving numerous hatemail, he released a statement saying “If it was wrong to persecute heterosexuals in a homosexual society then the reverse was wrong, too.”
Oogda TIL about William "Billy" Lee who was George Washington's slave and personal valet. He fought alongside Washington through the entire American Revolutionary War and was the only one of Washington's slaves emancipated immediately upon his death.
PYbbg TIL that in the cartoon series The Jetsons, George Jetson work week consists of an hour a day, two days a week
grEdy TIL learned that Lord Byron's daughter Ada was the first true computer programmer.
J1PbQ TIL- The Lend-Lease bill signed by President FDR during WW2 was called House of Representative bill 1776 (H.R. 1776). The bill was purposely given the code 1776 as a jab at Britain but it allowed Britain to borrow an unlimited amount of money and supplies to defend against Hitler.