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TIL the We Can Do It poster is not Rosie the Riveter and was only used internally by one company

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nWabP TIL: Survivors of Bubonic Plague (Black Death) of Europe had genes that led to increased chances of developing autoimmune disorders.
nZmb TIL Doctors didn’t wear white coats till the late 1800s. Due to swift advancement in medicine, the public thought discoveries of new antiseptics & the spreading of disease were just mysticism & deceit. In response, doctors adopted the white lab coats to represent a fresh start for the medical field
gr1L TIL that removing the top and bottom sheets of a paper ream can prevent copy machine paper jams.
788BO TIL in 1918 photographer Arthur Mole and John Thomas arranged 21,000 soldiers at Camp Sherman in Ohio into a "living portrait" of President Woodrow Wilson. Mole & Thomas created many other living portraits of other famous figures in the years which followed at different military bases around the US.
epBK5 TIL that Chief Petalesharro, a Pawnee from Nebraska, was received in full regalia by President Monroe at the White House in 1821. The Chief had become a celebrity after rescuing a woman his tribe was attempting to burn at the stake. He rescued her from the fire and rode away with her on his horse.