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TIL There is a word that is the opposite of ‘sparkle’. The word is 'darkle’.

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X0Xv6 TIL that while the objects on the Farnese Artemis (an sculpture of goddess Artemis) had initially been identified as female breasts, the museum housing the sculpture now claims that they depict bull scrotums sacrificed to the goddess.
1gRr TIL the Tomb of the Unknowns’ sentinels will confront people who are disrespectful.
4XeK6 TIL During the 1960 campaign, Kennedy learned that a group of Kenyan students who had won scholarships to study at American universities didn't have enough funds to come. When Eisenhower refused to intervene, JFK arranged to have the Kennedy family foundation underwrite their travel
W7NGL TIL the evolutionary leap from egg laying to placental birth may have been helped by DNA from an ancient retrovirus, which coded for a protein allowing cells around the placenta to fuse, blocking the exchange of maternal-fetal blood and preventing the mother’s immune system from harming the fetus.
Wd9Y TIL The CFPB found that 61 percent of bank profits from consumer checking accounts come from overdraft and insufficient funds fees