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TIL that the Mongols pulled their bowstrings back with their thumb. To prevent damage to their thumbs they created thumb rings.

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Kr16 TIL that English is Louis C.K.’s second language. He was raised in Mexico and exclusively spoke Spanish until age seven.
ADGKa TIL: Hundreds of thousands of Filipino men answered President Truman's call to serve in the US army and resist the Japanese occupation. After the war, he refused to honor promised citizenship and benefits for service. Citizenship would not be granted until the 1990s.
D11nP TIL about Gwynplaine, as played by Conrad Veidt (The Man Who Laughs - 1928), who inspired the creation of The Joker.
J1GjV TIL that a higher percentage of residents of Iceland speaks English (98%) that Icelandic (93.2%)
B69D TIL that after the Empire State Building opened in New York City in 1931, much of its office space went unrented. It was nicknamed the “Empty State Building” by New Yorkers and didn’t become profitable until 1950.