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TIL: Toy Story 2 was deleted twice. Once by accident.

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DPGr TIL in Japanese Mafia, the ritual of cutting off finger for penance comes from the traditional way of holding a sword. The removal of digits starting with the little finger moving up to the index finger weakens sword grip. So that a person with a weak sword grip then has to rely more on the group.
LQgxv TIL The oldest building in the United States is a Spanish monastery from the 13th century looted in the 19th century.
KYL19 TIL The performer of the "Amen break" which is one of the most sampled drum breaks in popular music with over 1000 samples, died homeless and destitute without receiving any royalties.
16ZQV TIL: In 2019, a lawyer and a software developer brute force copyrighted every possible melody and entered them into public domain to insulate musicians from ‘stolen melody’ lawsuits.
gr66X TIL that the children’s song “Do Your Ears Hang Low?” is a sanitized version of “Do Your Balls Hang Low?”, which was popular with British soldiers in WWI. General Douglas Haig once heard a column of soldiers singing it and went to berate their commander, only to find the commander singing along.