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TIL that the Pinky Swear stemmed from the Yakuza and implies that if you break something as holy as a pinky promise, you have to cut off your finger as punishment.

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knnW TIL Coca-Cola was originally sweetened with wine. Before the wine was switched out for sugar, it was known as “Pemberton’s French Wine Coca”. It was a 1886 prohibition law enacted in Atlanta that caused its inventor, Dr. John S. Pemberton, to rewrite the formula.
xVmG0 TIL that after the devastating volcanic eruption on Whakaari last year in which 21 died and 26 were injured, New Zealand ordered 1.2 million cm of human skin from the US to treat burn victims
16Mkd TIL that sloths can take up to a month to digest a single meal due to their incredibly slow metabolism.
Y7B6v TIL in 2013 Jennifer Lawrence rejected an invitation from Inside the Actors Studio, thinking her attitude and lack of experience would make host James Lipton "hate" her. "Tell me about your method? There is no method! I never know my lines! He would be horrified."
WkdxA TIL that many sweets are (intentionally) covered in insect feces.