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TIL Neapolitan ice cream was invented in Prussia.

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rNErx TIL before the battle of Drepana in the 1st punic war the roman navy commander Claudius Pulcher was told that the sacred chicken refused to eat. Ignoring the bad omen, he said "let's see if they'll drink instead" and threw them into the sea. He lost the battle
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