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TIL the first recorded Jello shots (made with champagne) were made in Napoleon Bonaparte’s kitchens.

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OG8o6 TIL Tumbleweed, though iconic in westerns, is not native to North America
ADxDB TIL about the Kiki and Bouba effect; an interesting effect that showcases how we subconsciously associate words like Kiki as being "Sharp and spikey" and words like Bouba as being "Round and smooth" and also associate shape sizes with sharp and round words.
VMNY0 TIL that Enrico Fermi estimated the energy released by first atom bomb (Trinity test at Manhattan Project) by dropping small pieces of paper before, during, and after the passage of the blast wave and measuring their displacement. His estimate of 10 kilotons was pretty close to actual value of 21.
VBg48 TIL that the Mexican Botana Dish was created in Detroit in 1975.
E1N90 TIL a Japanese teenager, Yaoya Oshichi, was tried for attempted arson in 1682. She did this because she wanted to reunite with a temple worker she met at another fire. They tried to try her as a minor, but she didn't pick up on the judge's hints to lie about her age. She was burned at the stake.