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TIL that competitive full contact fighting in medieval suits of armor is a thing, and it is brutal.

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b9wN9 TIL that the town of Winneconne, Wisconsin, after being left off of of the official state road map, attempted to secede from Wisconsin. They wished to either declare independence and annex neighboring towns, or alternatively be integrated into another state, 'preferably one with better weather'.
0d5gN TIL about the coco de mer tree, where the male tree has flowers that look like human male genitals and the seed has "the shape and size of a woman's disembodied buttocks on one side, and a woman's belly and thighs on the other side."
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LQmQQ Today I learned that in chariot racing women were allowed to win races through property, although there was a ban on married women participating as competitors or even spectators in the Olympics, supposedly under penalty of death.
e0Zkb TIL The left-brain/right-brain theory that each side of the brain controls certain functions and people’s abilities are based on their stronger side is actually a myth. Studies have shown that both sides of the brain collaborate to perform tasks, and that they perform equal activity on average.