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TIL each feather on a War Bonnet represents a good deed.

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D19Y TIL the term “white trash” was invented by blacks as a racial epithet against whites too poor to own slaves.
9ZJ7 TIL Girl Scout Brownies are not named after the dessert, but rather the Brownie goblins of folklore who at night aided in small tasks of the home. Harry Potter house elves are also based off of these Brownie goblins.
6ElYJ TIL that there is a McDonald’s located in an 19th century mansion in New York. McDonald’s originally planned to destroy the house, but historians protested and a compromise was made.
nWpbd TIL: Agent 355 is one of the first female spies for the US. She was active during the Revolution, but her identity remained secret. There is ongoing speculation whether she existed at all. However, many assert she was real.
erpJ TIL France has many 49 employee companies because of a 3200 page rule book that places more obligations and rules towards companies having 50 or more employees. Rules like creating three worker councils, profit sharing, restructure plans if they wanted to fire an employee.