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TIL about Aphrodite Areia, the Warlike and Armoured version of Aphrodite worshipped by the Spartans.

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E1ye7 TIL about Dennis Dickey, a US Border agent who, as part of a gender reveal party, shot at a box which was packed with explosives. When hit, it emitted a cloud of blue smoke, but also set fire to the surrounding bush, destroying almost 45,000 acres of land. Dickey was ordered to pay $8m restitution.
R74a1 TIL that where your tongue sits at rest depends on your native language. If it’s English, your tongue rests at the roof of your mouth, behind your upper teeth. However, if your first language is Russian or German, your tongue rests at the bottom of your mouth, behind the lower teeth, when not in use
oAp8 TIL a fan brought a huge marijuana tree to Snoop Dogg while performing at a festival in The Netherlands and accepts it while free styling about the plant.
1NMd TIL Dick Butt passed away in 2014. Let’s let him rest in peace, guys.
DQn4v TIL by simply paying off the Mexican Navy, bucheros, or the local illegal fisherman, have reduced the smallest dolphin in the world, vaquita marina, to a number of 8. Many believe the animal is just a myth.