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

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x60kb TIL that the old euphemism for a positive pregnancy test, "the rabbit died", came from a test developed in 1931 wherein the urine from a human female was injected into a rabbit. Soon after, the rabbit was euthanized and dissected to check for the reaction of the hormone hCG in its ovaries.
wLkYE TIL two high school kids did a science experiment and solved the civil war mystery known as the angels glow.
vgPx TIL in 1871 William Frisbie of Bridgeport, Connecticut began the Frisbie Pie Company. Local schoolchildren made a game of tossing his empty pie plates which soon became popular with local college students. The name Frisbie was picked up by Wham-O toy company who changed it to Frisbee.
n9nG TIL that Israel and India are the only two countries on earth who have banned cosmetics testing on animals
DKgv TIL that in the Victorian era, they made a mustache tea cup to keep mustaches dry (and they were awesome).