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TIL In Spartan society the only people granted marked headstones were warriors who died in battle and women who died in childbirth

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L50Q TIL the first cat to be cloned was named Copycat.
4XbgX TIL the dab we all know probably evolved from the humble adab
7rKVX TIL a various points in history, a number of churches in Europe have claimed to possess Jesus's foreskin. And that in 1983, the last known rumored relic went missing from a town near Rome, allegedly stolen by the Vatican.
YpMAA TIL that two men from Indiana were wrongfully convicted in a 1996 armed robbery because of a false statement from an informant who had sex with the lead detective who set them up. 20 years later, they were found innocent and one of them received $4.9 Million settlement.
DQPQg TIL the Persians had ancient refrigerators called "yakhchals" to preserve the ice and keep it cold underground until the summer, the yakhchal also had a ventilation system that allowed the cold air to enter and the warm air to escape, keeping the temperature inside low.