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TIL that the Ancient Olympic games were competed in the nude and were cancelled due to Christians viewing it as a Pagan festival

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rRyBM TIL all except 9 US presidents have been millionaires (2016 rates) and 23 were worth over $10 million
Yp4Bx TIL of Panyee FC, a club in Southern Thailand that plays on a floating pitch.
bAXa TIL there’s a fountain in Italy that dispenses free wine 24-7.
EgG00 TIL that even though dead bones are dry and brittle, living bones are wet and a bit soft. In order to absorb pressure, bones are also slightly flexible. Up to one-third of a living bone's weight is water.
8aOwb TIL: Africa has a "stonehenge" older than Stonehenge. Built "to mark the summer solstice and the arrival of the monsoons," Nabta Playa, "the oldest stone circle in the world" is among "Earth’s oldest astronomical" observatories. Over 7000 years old, it was found mostly-buried in sand in the 1970s.