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TIL: The “Pinky Promise” originally indicated that the person who breaks the promise must cut off their pinky finger.

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XEKvQ TIL "The Theme from New York, New York" was not nominated for an Academy Award. The winner was "You Light Up My Life". Also nominated was "Nobody Does It Better" from The Spy Who Loved Me. Originally performed by Liza Minnelli, it didn't become famous until Frank Sinatra covered it 3 years later.
E1lpW TIL that in 2009, after previously having thrown off a 23-year old female passenger for dressing too provocatively, Southwest Airlines plastered a 100 foot long bikini-clad image of supermodel Bar Refaeli on one of their airplanes.
oBx4r TIL McDonald's did away with their spoon-shaped coffee stirrers because people were using them as cocaine spoons.
QNEXk TIL In March 2021 Facebook suddenly removed the page for Bitche, the capital of Pays de Bitche, France. After complaints Facebook restored the page and apologized to the town.
d8pQE TIL Jimmy Carter is the only US President to have served a full term and not appoint a Supreme Court Justice.