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TIL a pair of those glasses with a big nose, thick eyebrows, and a mustache attached is called a ‘beaglepuss’

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epPD5 TIL that Pope Adrian II (who ruled from 867 to 872) lived in the Lateran Palace with his wife Stephania and his daughter until they were murdered by a relative of the Papal librarian
9wOB7 TIL the white sushi rolls (ex California Roll) is an inside-out sushi roll called "uramaki" and it was invented in N. America by Japanese chef, Ichiro Machita in LA, in the 60s as a way to introduced people outside of Japan to sushi, bc the seaweed on the outside was not as appealing to non-Japanese
4eNN Louis Louis Réard a.k.a the inventor of the modern bikini declared that it wasn’t a real bikini unless it could be “pulled through a wedding ring” and after its modern debut was banned in Belgium, Italy, Spain, and Australia, and declared a sin by the Vatican.
awaob TIL the Roman Catholic Church hired castrati, young boy vocalists who were castrated to prevent puberty allowing them to sing soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto well into their 40s. The practice started in the mid-1500s, reached its height in 1730, and ended in 1903. The last castrati died in 1922
oBxO7 TIL of the Antarctic Treaty of 1961 which recognizes no sovereign claim of Antarctica, prohibits mining, prohibits military activity & only allows scientific activity on the continent