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TIL that the Oneida flatware company started as a polygamist cult

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1pEP TIL the the “pink ribbon” associated with Susan G. Komen etc. was ripped off from a “peach ribbon”, created by grassroots breast cancer activist Charlotte Haley. She refused to let her design be commercialized by Self Magazine—who consulted their lawyers and were told to “just change the color”
JyWj TIL in 1854 men working in a brewery in London drank only beer which saved them from the Cholera outbreak
8ayVV TIL that a Philo Farnsworth, inventor of the tv, was a 14-year-old when he invented it
wLBv7 TIL That smiling in public is frowned upon in Russian culture. Excessive smiling is seen as a sign of dishonesty, insincerity, or even stupidity. Russians also tend to not smile in photographs for this reason.
6ELvQ TIL that "Ring Around The Rosie" is most likely not referring to the Great Plague