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TIL Marvin the Martian wore Roman armor as he was based on a conception of the Roman god Mars.

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GYmo5 TIL that the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson US supreme court decision, which upheld that segregation was constitution, has never been explicitly overruled. Technically, with the exception of education, segregation is still constitutional in the USA.
r1Jd TIL A stone phallus weighing 2.2 tons was unearthed in rural Ohio.
GG5G TIL for whatever reason, a German WW2 submarine captain decided not to call the trained technician and tried to operate the complex flush system himself after he had used the lavatory. He flooded the boat, forcing it to surface, where it was promptly spotted by the enemy and bombed out of the water.
ADxrl TIL that the 29th May (also this Friday) is officially “Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day”: before refrigerators were invented in the 1920s, families in Europe and the USA would place a piece of cloth on their larder for good luck once a year.
mxKAv TIL Female Elephants Are Called Cows, and Their Babies Are Called Calves.