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TIL Karate changed it's spelling from 唐手 to 空手, changing it's meaning from "Chinese hand" to "empty hand" (both are pronounced karate). This was because of Japanese militarism, they wanted to conceal the fact that it developed under the influence of Chinese kung fu.

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9Y6rB TIL Maurice Sendak - author of “Where the Wild Things Are” - once sketched a drawing in a letter and sent it to a child who was a fan of his. He later received a letter from the child’s mom telling him her son enjoyed the letter so much he ate it.
mxQlo TIL The oldest known prayer to the Virgin Mary, Sub tuum praesidium, refers to her as Theotokos and dates back to the 3rd to 4th century
xQmD TIL that during the time that Pol Pot ruled Cambodia, at least 1.4 million Cambodians were killed or died. Some individuals loyal to him were even killed for failing to find enough “counter-revolutionaries” to execute.
xdP1 TIL Barry Manilow wrote many famous jingles for companies like McDonald’s (You deserve a break today), State Farm (Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there!) and BandAids. (I am stuck on Bandaids, cause Bandaids are stuck on me!)
XL6P TIL it costs more to keep a prisoner in prison, than to send a student to Princeton.