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TIL that Pinky Promise started in early modern Japan (1600-), presumably from the older punishment of cutting fingers for friendly fire, and by the late 1800s it was common among children across different parts of the world

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J41m TIL “Hell’s Kitchen” is a neighborhood in Manhattan, NYC most likely named after 2 cops watching an Irish riot. The rookie said “this is hell,” and the veteran said, “It’s hotter. It’s Hell’s Kitchen.”
GAvdj TIL Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia first met his son Prince Ninglingge's fiancée in 1048 & was besotted by her beauty. He then spurned his son & married her as his empress. Outraged, his son tried to kill him & while he only cut off his nose at first,his dad succumbed to his wounds a few days later
9okM TIL that the tree Sir Isaac Newton observed in 1666 - from which the famous apple fell - is still alive today and producing apples
rNmQd TIL In 2019, the White Island Volcano erupted in New Zealand. A group of tourists were stood just metres from the rim of the crater when it exploded. Webcam images captured the moments before eruption and 22 died.
NXxP1 TIL the song Yankee Doodle was originally a dis track sung by British military officers mocking the disheveled, disorganized colonial forces and implying colonists were lower-class men who lacked masculinity,