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TIL the term “white trash” was invented by blacks as a racial epithet against whites too poor to own slaves.

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D5Aj TIL that it took George Eastman, the inventor of Kodak film, four years to come up with a name for his product. His mother helped him, and had a few rules for what he wanted: something short, something impossible to mispronounce, something unique, and something that included his favorite letter, K.
lJYA TIL in 2004 a man in Florida was convicted of 1st degree murder for lending his car to a friend.
ElxX TIL: F-35 helmet costs $400,000 4 times that of predecessor
9waM TIL Sperm whale oil was still a key component in automatic transmission fluid until 1972!
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