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TIL of a character in Sesame Street that wanted to demolish the street in order to build Grump Tower, named after himself, Ronald Grump.

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loZja TIL about the Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite group of Theban Greek warriors composed of 150 couples of male lovers.
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