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TIL that the first documented appearance of “the finger” in the United States was in 1886, when Charles Radbourn, a baseball pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters, was photographed giving it to a member of their rival the New York Giants.

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8ee7G TIL about “Bonin English” — a dialect that is an English/Japanese fusion, spoken on the Ogasawara Islands. Previously uninhabited, the islands’ first modern inhabitants were anglophones in the 19th century. The islands went back and forth between the UK, US, and Japan. Today, they are part of Japan.
AeRw TIL pickles are served with most meals because they serve as a palate cleanser.
QJPWp TIL that Goliath from the biblical story "David and Goliath" was four cubits and a span tall, or roughly 6'9".
BNVd TIL Google are taking advantage of the reCAPTCHA system. By getting people to decode pictures of street addresses for Google Maps
Oll1 TIL: The FTC states that your eye care provider must give you a copy of your contact lens and eyeglass prescriptions — whether or not you ask for them.