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TIL: the Vestal Virgins held unique and extraordinary rights and privileges in Roman society, including some that no other had, male or female. They were sovereign and sacrosanct, answerable only to the emperor.

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J19jB TIL A Harvard study of 23,681 Greeks found that regular 30-min siestas (≥3x/week) cut heart disease deaths by 37% over 6 years. Working men saw a 64% reduction. Occasional nappers had a 12% lower risk. Naps may reduce stress, benefiting heart health.
d89jZ TIL that there's a K-Pop group called Honey Popcorn made up of former porn stars.
JyD1 TIL that “Jerusalem has been destroyed at least twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times.”
808a TIL When lawyer Jack Thompson found out you can kiss other guys in the T-Rated game Bully, he wrote a letter to the ESRB about it saying “good luck with your Teen rating now”. The ESRB responded saying they were fully aware of the content when they rated it.
mxajY TIL about Desmond Doss, a WWII medic who was teased for his choice to not harm the enemy or wield a weapon. He would go on to win the Medal of Honor for saving more than 50 men after a mortar attack, and the heroics were made into the award winning movie "Hacksaw Ridge".