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TIL the fox in Firefox’s logo is actually a red panda, and “Firefox” is another name for red pandas

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1l1D TIL Mattel made a handicap Barbie, but was discontinued due to ongoing design problems, such as not being able to roll through the Dream House door in her wheelchair, and her hair getting caught in the wheels
nyZb TIL that Henry Ford was the first industrial giant to give his workers both Saturday and Sunday off, in hope that it would encourage more leisure use of automobiles - and thus popularising the idea of the “weekend”.
18OW TIL that in the U.S., if you find a bald eagle feather on the ground, you need a permit to pick it up.
9YY6G TIL Eleanor Roosevelt liked to pack heat. Weapon of choice? A .22 Smith & Wesson.
J1ANj TIL of the world's loneliest palm tree. "Hyophorbe amaricaulis" is found exclusively on the island of Mauritius, and only a single surviving specimen has been documented in the Curepipe Botanic Gardens in Curepipe. Thus, it is classified as an endling.