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kJgJe TIL the tops of many buildings were still visible after the burial of Pompeii, and archaeology has revealed extensive evidence of post-eruption looting, including graffiti that says "house dug"
o8Ko TIL Ancient Egyptians belived that the universe was created due to an ejaculation and Egyptian Pharaohs were required to masturbate ceremonially into the Nile.
yEe8 TIL that Mississippi, which is 37% Black, has not had a Black senator for 135 years.
v11JL In a study just published by Y-H Ryu of the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, and colleagues, the astronomers calculate that 'the planet' must be somewhere around 13 times the mass of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system.
oRWxK TIL that John A Phillips, in 1976, when he was a student at Princeton, made an essay about a model of a nuclear bomb he designed. This bomb would cost only 2000$ to build, so the fbi confiscated his essay. He was the only One of the class Who managed to get an A.