In 1999, several countries experienced a computer scare known as the Y2K problem.

Lake Baikal is the deepest freshwater lake in the world.

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The Laffer Curve illustrates that raising tax rates can sometimes reduce total tax revenue.

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The first computer bug was an actual insect — a moth found in a Harvard Mark II computer in 1947.

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Small daily expenses can add up to large lifetime costs.

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In 1971, the first email was sent.

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COINTELPRO was an FBI program aimed at monitoring and disrupting political organizations.

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The last guillotine execution happened in 1977.

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The first product to have a barcode scanned at retail was a pack of Wrigley's chewing gum in 1974.

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