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TIL The Golden Ass is the only Ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety

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LQjaP TIL Elizabeth Greenhill (1615-1679) and her husband William Greenhill had 39 children together (32 daughters & 7 sons). All were single births save one set of twins, which is unusual as the most common cause of such a large number of children, hyperovulation, typically manifests as multiple births.
OGJX1 TIL of Lei Tai. An Ancient Chinese form of Gladiatorial Combat/Entertainment where a local champion fighter builds a stage in the town square and invites anyone to knock him off the stage using any unarmed martial art. The winner then gets to "own" the stage, and issues a similar challenge as well.
W7XN9 TIL Pinkpop is the oldest and longest running annual dedicated pop and rock music festival in the world.
LkBWv TIL ‘The Sims’ game designer Will Wright was inspired to create a "virtual doll house" after losing his home during the Oakland firestorm of 1991 and subsequently rebuilding his life.
M7k98 TIL the first games in the Pokémon series, Red and Blue, contained 150 Pokémon as a reference to Dunbar's number, the number of relationships a single human being can have and properly maintain.