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TIL most of the Roman Gladiators were vegetarians

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D5jp TIL: There is a liquid that you can breathe and recieve enough oxygen to be fully submerged and not drown.
OXrR TIL An Irish mummified corpse from 392 - 201 BC was so perfectly preserved in a peat bog that archaeologists could tell that he used “hair gel”; his hair contained a substance made from vegetable oil mixed with resin from pine trees found in Spain/France, proving that imports/trade was done.
Me6k0 TIL that many starving children in developing nations appear bloated with swollen bellies due to a condition called kwashiorkor, an illness related to malnutrition caused by a lack of protein resulting in an osmotic imbalance where the cells hold onto too much water.
Wrw4 TIL of the Marvel supervillain Commcast, who with his powers over electronic data transmission is able to amass a vast fortune.
Y7QyB TIL that Pigmeat Markham, a Black comedian and vaudeville star who performed in blackface, recorded the 1968 single “Here Comes the Judge,” often cited as the earliest hip-hop record.