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TIL a quarter of cowboys were black

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wL817 TIL that fist-bumping was made popular in the Vietnam War by black soldiers as a modified form of the black power salute.
N7mAN TIL that there was going to be a prequel to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs called "The Seven Dwarves", in which it would be revealed that Dopey lost his voice due to trauma upon witnessing her mother's death. It was cancelled after John Lasseter was put in charge of Walt Disney Animation.
D1nWV TIL plaid is not meant to describe a pattern, it was an article of clothing (blanket draped over shoulder), the pattern is named tartan.
RMvw TIL that Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A” deals with the negative effects of the Vietnam War on Americans, but is often misunderstood to be a patriotic or nationalistic anthem.
ppB4 TIL: Riding on elephants is not only bad but cruel and can cause severe damage and pain to the animal’s spine.