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TIL 17th century England had twerking ("Moulding Cockle Bread" dancing) and moral panics about twerking.

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mxgrR TIL The bowler hat was the most popular in the American West, prompting Lucius Beebe to call the bowler, "the hat that won the West". The cowboy hat derives from the "Boss of the Plains" hat which was manufactured by J.B. Stetson in 1865 and was marketed to cowboys as a durable success symbol.
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