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TIL the origin of "sweatshop" was in the 19th century when new technology like sewing machines made mass production possible. "Sweating" was defined by the British parliament as "work carried on for inadequate wages and for excessive hours in insanitary conditions"

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7rWOL TIL South Korea, in 1980, built a 322 foot tall flag pole overlooking the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing North and South Korea. In response, North Korea built a 525 foot tall flag pole opposite South Korea’s flagpole.
8aLP4 TIL the George Washington Carver National Monument was the first national monument dedicated to a African-American and a non-president. Despite non-war expenses being banned by presidential order, a bill in favor of the monument was passed unanimously by Congress during WW2.
Y7MkB TIL that snakes can save us from Earthquakes!
8jna TIL of an old English anecdote claiming that ‘Sirloin steak’ is derived from an occasion when King James I of England, while being entertained at Hoghton Tower in 1617, was so impressed by the quality of his steak that he knighted the loin of beef, which was referred to thereafter as “Sir loin”
R5db6 TIL Thomas Jefferson was instrumental in bringing Macaroni And Cheese to the United States after encountering it in Paris. The dish was prepared by James Hemings, a classically trained French chef enslaved by Jefferson.