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Why is the day of big sales and discounts in the US called Black Friday?

After Thanksgiving in the US comes Black Friday, when stores offer big discounts and break sales records. In a situation where both sellers and buyers are satisfied, the epithet "black" seems strange - it usually goes to days of extraordinary events. The fact is that the term was put into circulation back in the 1960s by the Philadelphia police. On this day, the complexity of their work increased many times due to huge traffic jams and crowds of people.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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