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TIL that during his military service musician Johnny Cash was the first westerner to learn that Joseph Stalin had died

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neo7Y TIL Citigroup wrote secret memos in 2005 and 2006 addressed to investors, stating the world is dividing up more and more into a small group of rich people who drive the economy, surrounded by a large number of poor people whose economic interests can be safely ignored.
e0DXn TIL: As a person quits smoking, residue comes off their lungs and up their nose which now has a heightened sense of smell causing vivid, realistic dreams of smoking
9XjD TIL the word Rebel comes from the Latin verb Rebello, meaning “I renew war.”
NxmQ TIL Mattel made and sold Wonder Woman’s “invisible jet” as a collectible. The package was an empty plastic shell with nothing inside, and was originally intended as an April Fool’s joke. It now sells for several hundred dollars.
JYOLv TIL of the Genain quadruplets. Four identical quadruplet sisters born in 1930 who all developed schizophrenia, suggesting a strong genetic component to schizophrenia.