Black History Month is here and we're excited to kick off season faux.

If I didn't know, maybe you didn't either.

This season, we're shining a spotlight on revolutionary women who redefined excellence.

Give Grace Wisher her flowers.

Next time you see the American flag, you just remember a 16-year-old black woman helped to make it happen.

Listen to I didn't know.

Maybe you didn't either from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the IHeart Radio app,

Apple Podcast, or simply wherever you get your podcast.

I didn't know.

Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of IHeart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is that when you need something, it is possible you already own it.

Or could use something you already own instead. You might be able to save time and money by avoiding a trip to the store,

or at least buying less while you are there or shopping online. Now, I will begin this episode

by confessing that I just purchased a three-hole punch

off Amazon because I absolutely could not find my existing three-hole punch. I looked all over my

office, and I looked in my kids' desks, because sometimes supplies from my office mysteriously migrate

to other people's spaces.

But no, it was gone.

I'm quite sure I now own two three-hole punches,

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