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TIL until the 1700s, all geishas were men.
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TIL- that a Roman historian and senator named Tacitus wrote a book called Annals in 116 AD. It references Jesus Christ and his death by Pontius Pilate…Scholars generally accept his reference to Jesus as authentic and of historical value.
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TIL that the A-10 Warthog has a dedicated windshield washer fluid reservoir specifically for clearing the canopy of soot and carbon after the cannon is fired. It also has fins under the air frame to redirect gun gasses from being sucked into the engines and starving them of oxygen.
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TIL that researchers studied Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's motor skills to determine how they score goals so consistently
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TIL that Nancy Sinatra was asked by songwriter Lee Hazlewood to sing one of her songs as if she were "a sixteen-year-old girl who fucks truck drivers". She promptly went on to reach #1 in the US, the UK, Australia, and Canada for "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'."
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TIL about H. Barry Jacobs, a Virginia business man who, in 1983, planned a business to buy and sell human organs on the open market. This led to the creation of the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, which outlawed selling organs for profit in the United States.