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TIL If your partner committed adultery in Ancient Rome, you could legally sodomise the adulterer with radishes - with an audience if desired

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Lk0YV TIL that the Silkie Chicken is a breed named for its atypically fluffy plumage, which is said to feel like silk and satin. The breed has several other unusual qualities, such as black skin and bones, blue earlobes, and five toes on each foot, whereas most chickens only have four.
ADQeB TIL that tigers can, and will, take revenge on those who have wronged them. They are one of the most vengeful animals on the planet.
0wrlA TIL that scientists believe mushrooms may save bees from colony collapse disorder.
Me1eK TIL the brown paths of worn down grass are called "desire paths"
VMQ6m TIL that Thanksgiving was not actually a federal holiday in the United States until 1863, when it was declared so by Abraham Lincoln.