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TIL the act of women flashing their genitals has been believed to scare off demons as far back as the ancient Greeks.

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XEMLQ TIL to get Japanese citizenship before 1945, Koreans had to submit information about ten generations of their family and ancestors (at least 2000 people)
lMd1 TIL that May 25th is “Towel Day”. People around the world wear a towel to remember Douglas Adams who wrote about why towels are so great for interstellar hitchhikers in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
ANk8g TIL many Irish weddings include playing the song “Rock the Boat” which starts a group dance where everyone sits on the dance floor, legs splayed in a conga line pretending to row a boat
WkWjY TIL Bob the Railway dog would hitch rides on the South Australian Railways system, travelling thousands of miles sitting in front of the coal space. He had no master but was loved by engineers and trainmen. He was given a collar that read- Stop me not, but let me jog, For I am Bob, the drivers dog.
rRRGe TIL that Lithuania has a festival where people dress out as gypsies and jews and goes around asking for money