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Today I learned that when the PBS Newshour lists their major financial contributors at the end of the program, the "Rosalind P. Walter" they thank is Rosie the Riveter.

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Zp9pY TIL Humans used to eat Giant Sloths
ZpeP4 TIL “Blame it on the Boogie” famously sung by Michael Jackson as part of the Jacksons in 1978 was originally written by Mick Jackson, a white soul singer in 1977. Also both versions were released in September 1978 which meant two different Jacksons charted with the same song at the same time.
vPJ4 TIL that upon becoming the first black man to obtain a PhD from Harvard, W.E DuBois said: “The honor, I assure you, was Harvard’s.”
4DOJ TIL Amazon created an entirely new font called “Bookerly” specifically designed to be easy to read on Kindles and other digital screens.
MeMR7 TIL Property owners segregated Charlotte, SC to prevent the poorer white and black communities from banding together against socioeconomic inequality