Post * R76ya — Curious Curator

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TIL hairdresser Christina M. Jenkins invented the hair weave for African American women in the 1940s.

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JYgjl TIL before the band the "Butthole Surfers" settled on that band name, they went by several other equally strange names, including, "Fred Astaire's Asshole," "The Right To Eat Fred Astaire's Asshole," and "The Inalienable Right To Eat Fred Astaire's Asshole."

GYQb7 TIL that a DC man with the license plate “NO TAGS” has received $20,000 in tickets due to his plates being the same phrase police use to ticket unregistered cars.

J1gWQ TIL that due to anti-Chinese sentiment in San Francisco in the late 19th century, Levi's jeans briefly held the slogan "The only kind made by white labor" on its logo.

W74G4 TIL the Gulf of Mexico is named after the Aztecs, who referred to themselves as the "Mexica." The name has no direct connection to the modern country of Mexico, which came later.

M7DrV TIL One of the most influential Hip-Hop producers was a Jewish man from NYC.