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TIL that US Robotics is still around, and still makes modems, and has 125 employees

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v1dZ8 TIL that in 1832 the US Bank thwarted the government’s plan to pay off the public debt by illegally authorizing European bankers to purchase it, leading Andrew Jackson to fear that “a new era may arise in which the capitalist abroad may have an influence over the destinies of this country.”
GAG44 TIL "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein was banned by a number of libraries and schools across the United States.
0v6y TIL The voice actor who voices Optimus Prime also voices Eeyore from Winnie The Pooh
9xJ6 TIL In 2009 after being told they can’t publish anything that is negative in nature, relating to the government The Fiji Daily Post decided to mock the media restrictions handed down by the government by reporting such stories as: “Man gets on bus” and “Breakfast as usual”
kJ44g TIL that Dr. Leila Alice Daughtry Denmark was America's oldest known practicing physician when she retired in 2001. She was one of the first women pediatricians in Atlanta, and has been seeing patients and advising parents for more than seventy years.