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TIL about the temple of Aphrodite Kallipygos" in ancient Syracuse, Sicily. Literally translating to Aphrodite of the Beautiful Buttocks. There’s even a statue at the National Archeological Museum of Naples and another in the Jardin des Tuileries

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