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Nickys Facts ☃️
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👩🏻‍🏫Hello!🏳️‍⚧️ 24 ♋️🇧🇷 she/her 🎀 History Degreed Educator 🏺 Little Baby Smilodon 🧸 Lover of all History, Ancient Egypt, Art, Animals, Gaming! 🦖 I post new history facts daily!🗽🇵🇸🇺🇦
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I hope your stockings are filled with your legs and presents this holiday season!🧦
#HappyHolidays #ChristmasStockings #SaintNicholas #History
History facts about the origins behind the Christmas tradition of hanging up stockings!🧦
December 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Compsognathus: the Speedy Gonzales of the Jurassic!🏝
#Compy #JurassicPark #Dinosaur #JurassicWorld
History Facts on the Compsognathus, once regarded as the smallest dinosaur ever discovered, despite its small size it actually played a major role as evidence for both evolution and the now proven theory that dinosaurs are related to birds!🏝️
November 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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I love how a majority of humanity, despite some not even having access to each other, agreed that Ursa Minor and Ursa Major are bears!🐻🌌
#Pokemon #Mythology #Space #History
History facts about the inspiration behind the Pokémon Teddiursa and Ursaring, that being the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major!🐻
November 30, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Happy Thanksgiving Day Everyone!
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#History #Macys #HappyHolidays #ThanksgivingDayParade
History facts about the origins of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and what they use to have instead of the balloons that we know the event for today!🦃
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Pumpkin pie is the official dessert of thankfulness and unity!🇺🇸🥧🇺🇸
#NewEngland #UnitedStates #FoodHistory #Thanksgiving
History facts about the origins of Pumpkin Pie and its rise in popularity!🥧
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Here’s to over 9,000 more years of the Squirtle Squad doing their thing!🐢🇯🇵
#History #Pokemon #Minogame #Squirtle
History facts about the inspiration behind the Pokémon Squirtle and Wartortle, that being Minogame!🐢
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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For a French maid, flirting and hard work go hand and duster!🧺🖤🧹
#France #Clothing #UnitedStates #History
History facts behind the origins of the French maid outfit and why it is refereed to as being “French”!🖤
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Y’all I’m at universal studios and I just got to meet my spirit animal in person, and he is such a charming sweet heart!🥰
#UniversalStudios #EarlTheSquirrel
Earl the Squirrel kissing my hand💜 Earl the Squirrel and me dancing💜 Earl the Squirrel and me posing💜
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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A reminder that the United Kingdom and its Royalty are at any moment 6 ravens away from collapse!🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🏰🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛
#Pokemon #UK #London #History
History facts about the inspiration behind the Pokémon Corviknight, that being the Ravens at the Tower of London!🐦‍⬛
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Acrylic nails are and will always be a beautiful example of latino and black femininity!💅🏼💜💅🏿
#Nails #LatinoCulture #BlackCulture #WomensHistory
history facts about the origins of acrylic nails, how they became popular, and how they became a part of latina & black girlhood!💜
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Lady’s and Gentle Men, instead of your normally daily scheduled history fact, today we are hosting TMI Tuesday with Beary: the Winter Olympian and Nicky’s fav. stuffie, research partner, and sleep companion!💙

So go ahead and ask the questions that you have about me, Nicky, the world in general!💙
Beary, with my favorite human companion Nicky holding me💙
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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All hail Eikthynir, the Giver of Life Through Water!💧🦌💧
#Xerneas #Pokemon #Norse #Mythology
History facts about inspiration behind the Pokémon Xerneas, that being Eikthynir from Norse mythology!💧
November 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Poor Lucas, he was doomed from his story’s inception.😢
#Earthbound3 #TheBookOfLies #Nintendo #VideoGames
History facts on the main inspiration behind the video game Earthbound 3, that being The Book of Lies!😢
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Unknowingly for Agnès Sorel, she and her favorite breast your actually pioneers against censorship are bodies!🇫🇷💎
#France #WomensHistory #Censorship #History
History facts about Agnès Sorel and her favorite breast!💎
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Meringues just look and taste so delicious, a well deserving sweet for any queen!🍒👑🍓
#Pokemon #Dessert #History #Food
History facts about the inspiration behind the Pokémon Slurpuff, that being a Meringue!🍒
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Happy to see that he made a name for myself there!♥️♠️♦️♣️
#Gambit #Marvel #Comics #History
History facts about the Marvel superhero Gambit!♥️
November 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Not only have Vietnam War veterans always been respected by Americans, they were also staunch supporters for the end of the war back then as well!
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#VeteransDay #Protests #America #History
History facts about the misconception of American Veterans being mistreated and spat on by protesters and how they were even some of the most staunchest supporters of the anti war movement!🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Who said that exercise and game development can’t both be fun!🏃🏻‍♀️😄🎮
#WiiFit #Nintendo #History #VideoGames
History facts about the origins behind the video game Wii Fit!🏃🏻‍♀️
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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All hail the last Pharaoh of Egypt, who by using her mind brought Rome to its knees!𓋖
#Cleopatra #WomensHistory #AncientEgypt #History
History facts about Cleopatra not actually being as beautiful as most remember her being, with her intelligence being her true beauty!𓋖
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Qing Emperors use to be like: “Only the most prestigious vegetable home for my crickets!”🦗🎶
#History #Insects #China #Animals
History facts about pet crickets in China and their very prestigious gourd homes!🦗
November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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I think that if you catch all three you get to be the next emperor of the Sinnoh region, I mean that’s how it works in real life!🇯🇵💛🩵🩷🇯🇵
#Pokemon #Japan #Royalty #History
History facts about the inspiration behind the legendary Pokémon Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf; that being the Three Imperial Regalia of Japan!🇯🇵
November 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Metatron: the voice of god!☁️📜☁️
#HazbinHotel #Judaism #Angel #History
History facts about the angel Metatron!📜
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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I assume most calaveras are modeled of the skulls of sweet people!🕯💀🌹
#DayOfTheDead #SugarSkulls #Mexico #History
History facts about the origins of Calaveras, Sugar Skulls!💀
November 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Happy Dia de los Muertos to la Calavera Catrina!🇲🇽💀🎀
#DayOfTheDead #LaCatrina #Mexico #History
History facts about the origins of la Calavera Catrina!💀
November 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Happy Halloween!🎃
I hope you all get lots of candy, and to those that say “adults can’t trick or treat”: Bite Me!!💜🖤💀🖤💜
My being cool dressed as Uzi Doorman!💜 Me posing / dressed as Uzi Doorman!🖤
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM