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TIL that the Romans had the same goddess for their sewage system as for protecting sexual intercourse in marriage

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MeV17 TIL that the very last Peanuts comic strip, in which creator Charles Schultz ended the story of Charlie Brown and said farewell to his fans, was drawn by Schultz in November of 1999. He would die in his sleep three months later — the night before the final comic was published.
R7a6Q TIL that is is impossible to accurately measure the length of any coastline. The smaller the unit of measurement used, the longer the coast seems to be. This is called the Coastline Paradox and is a great example of fractal geometry.
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kOlKd TIL that eight women that are believed to have had a romantic relationship with Adolf Hitler attempted to commit suicide at least once. Four of them succeeded: two shot themselves, one allegedly threw herself out of a window and the other was Eva Braun who took a cyanide pill at Hitler’s side.
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