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TIL Greek poet Hipponax was so good at insulting people that some of them killed themselves

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Z8Xk4 TIL in anatomy, the atlas (C1) is the most superior (first) cervical vertebra of the spine. It is named for the Atlas of Greek mythology, because it supports the globe of the head which is the skull. The atlas is the topmost vertebra and with the axis forms the joint connecting the skull and spine.
xmNb TIL that the first people to discover magnetic rocks were the Chinese. They called them “the loving stones” because the stones love metal the way parents love children
lBxK TIL that every Autumn, the Spartans had a period wherein their young men would go into the countryside with daggers and kill slaves without punishment as part of a “manhood test”
nWXWB TIL Queen Victoria was fifth in line to the British throne when she was born.
e8ng TIL Andreas Krieger, an East German athlete was unknowingly given so many steroids by officials for years that she had to eventually become a trans man.