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TIL There's an autonomous polity in Greece which is the only political subdivision in the world in which women are prohibited from entering for any reason.

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9wpLM TIL about the long-standing Memphis Mayoral Candidate, Prince Mongo, who claims to have been born on the planet Zambodia around 333 years ago
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