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TIL: The poem, Catullus 16, written by Gaius Valerius Catullus in Ancient Rome went unpublished for centuries as it was extremely vulgar. The very first line "Pēdīcābo ego vōs et irrumābō " translates to "I will sodomize and facefuck you"

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