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TIL in 1933, three Japanese school girls crossed in love committed suicide by jumping into a volcanic crater on the island of Oshima. This act started a bizarre trend in Japan, and in the following year 800 other people leapt into the same crater.

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lmNK TIL that in the film The Dark Knight, the man who shouted “we are not intimidated by thugs,” to the Joker, was actually Patrick Leahy, the senior senator from Vermont and a self-confessed Batman fan. He has appeared in a cameo role for every other Batman film since Batman Forever.
dDRQK TIL that Jane Fonda, two time Academy Award winner, activist, and former fashion model was named after the third wife (1536/7) of King Henry VIII , Jane Seymour, to whom she is distantly related on her mother's side.
0wkJA TIL Due to a Forged Document, the Catholic Church claimed ownership of Europe until 1440 A.D.
kXmE TIL that pineapples contain an enzyme called Bromelain. Bromelain digests proteins, meaning that it can eat your mouth. This is why eating a lot of Pineapples will leave your tongue numb or make your mouth bleed.
PYVYV TIL it is illegal in Syracuse, NY to throw a snowball, you're "endangering the public."