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TIL that The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife, a Japanese woodblock print, is considered one of the earliest examples of tentacle erotica, with this piece of art dating back to 1814.

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wLJK8 TIL '120 Days of Sodom' was written by the Marquis de Sade in the Bastille prison in 1785. It was considered lost by the author after the storming of the Bastille. It was later rediscovered in the walls of his cell and published in 1904.
nWjnG TIL The first observatory discovered in the Americas is the Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex. It is a prehistoric site (250-200 BC), located on the north-central coast of Peru, in the Casma Valley.
E1mm7 TIL: In 1964, a Hollywood war movie called “A Yank in Viet-Nam” was filmed entirely in S. Vietnam during the Vietnam War
oRNMA TIL There's a festival in Spain called 'El Colacho' where they lay newborn babies out in the street, after which men dressed in red and yellow costumes run and hurdle over them. This is meant to cleanse the babies of original sin and protect them in their future lives.
ADoGd TIL at 107 years old, the original "man in the monster suit" who played Godzilla is still alive.