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Eleanor Roosevelt held her own…

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022Weirdo

Eleanor Roosevelt held her own press conferences where only female journalists were allowed. This ensured they kept their jobs during Depression-era layoffs, earning a steady income & professional status.

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During the Great Depression, banker Mark…

December 16, 2021December 16, 2021Weirdo

During the Great Depression, banker Mark Welch Munroe convinced struggling families in Quincy, Florida to buy Coca-Cola shares that traded at 19 dollars. Later, the town became the single richest town per capita in the US with at least 67 millionaires.

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During the Great Depression Clifton’s Cafeteria…

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021Weirdo

During the Great Depression Clifton’s Cafeteria eateries boasted the slogan “Dine free unless delighted.” In the original restaurant’s first three months of business, ten thousand customers took him up on the offer. Enough customers paid their bills to make them a success.

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During the Great Depression, a prominent…

November 17, 2020Weirdo

During the Great Depression, a prominent attorney flipped $2 (inflation adjusted $31) into $100,000 ($1,500,000). He then proceeded to award the money to the woman who could give birth to the most amount of kids in the following decade.

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In the early 20th century

August 23, 2019Weirdo

In the early 20th century, trains in the US were destroyed in staged head-on collisions in front of live audiences for entertainment. This ended in the 1930s as it was seen to be wasteful of old but otherwise useful locomotives at the height of the Great Depression.

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During the time of the Great…

June 5, 2019Weirdo

During the time of the Great Depression, a banker convinced struggling families in Quincy, Florida to buy Coca-Cola shares which traded at $19. Later, the town became the single richest town per capita in the US with at least 67 millionaires.

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During the Great Depression, the Barter…

March 14, 2019Weirdo

During the Great Depression, the Barter Theatre in Virginia paid royalties to Tennessee Williams and Noel Coward in ham. George Bernard Shaw, who was a vegetarian, got paid in spinach.

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In the middle of the Great Depression…

May 10, 2018Weirdo

In the middle of the Great Depression, a man placed an offer in an Ohio newspaper, saying: If you’re in trouble, write me. Many people sent him desperate letters, needing things like shoes, a coat, mercy, food, and to save their family from despair. And back came checks, under a pseudonym.

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John F. Kennedy enjoyed a “privileged…

April 23, 2018Weirdo

John F. Kennedy enjoyed a “privileged childhood of elite private schools, sailboats, servants and summer homes” during the Great Depression. He later claimed that he only learned about the Great Depression in the books he read while attending Harvard.

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Sheep were grazing in Central Park until 1934, when they…

September 19, 2016Weirdo

sheepmeadowcentralpark1902_croppedSheep were grazing in Central Park until 1934, when they were moved during the Great Depression for fear they would be eaten.

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