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TIL that the individual loops in Froot Loops are actually all the same flavor.

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ZmmB TIL that the ampersand (&) was once the last letter of the alphabet. In latin the & was called “per se”. When reciting the alphabet people would say, “X, Y, Z and per se”. That last bit (“and per se”) eventually ran together to create the word, “ampersand”
a8oB9 TIL of the Frankenburg Dice Game in 1625 where 36 captured rebellious Austrian peasants were forced to play a deadly dice game in which the losers would be executed.
abML TIL That if you ever get lost in Central Park, each one of the 1,600 lampposts around the grounds have a special code to help you map where you are
ZpLap TIL that in Japan, it is common practice among married couples for the woman to fully control the couple's finances. The husbands' hand over their monthly pay and receive an allowance from their wives.
Q5YM TIL that the term Gerrymandering comes from a literal Gerrymanderer - Elbridge Gerry, who drew the voting districts of Essex County, MA in such a way that a local paper compared it to a salamander, dubbing it the ‘Gerry-mander"