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   Today I learned (todayilearned@noc.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Mar-2025 18:54:43 JST Today I learned

   TIL: Hoovervilles were shantytowns built by the homeless during the Great Depression. They were named after President Herbert Hoover, who was in office when the Depression began.

   https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooverville
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   https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j5eh6u/til_hoovervilles_were_shantytowns_built_by_the/

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     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) (greenskyoverme@ohai.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Mar-2025 18:56:22 JST GreenSkyOverMe (Monika)

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     @todayilearned Image description: black and white photo of such a settlement, lots of huts with some distance between them. Smoking factory behind it.