29 Facts You Might Not Know About Refinery29

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Happy Birthday...to us! We're five, and while we might still have our baby teeth, we've definitely grown up lots from our once-a-week, newsletter days. We hear that five is the year that you start learning how to share, so we thought it'd be fun to divulge some things that you might not know about our website and our staff. From office traditions to strange factoids about our editors, here are 29 glimpses into Refinery29 HQ!

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