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TIL that this mask is called a balaclava, and not just “cheeki breeki mask”, “russian mask”, or “ski mask”.

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LkdrV TIL about the Sacred Band of Thebes, which was a company of 150 pairs of homosexual lovers, who were considered amongst the most elite soldiers of their time.
wodb8 TIL that the creator of Kwanzaa kidnapped and tortured 2 black women by whipping them with an electrical cord, placing a hot soldering iron in their mouths, and putting one of their toes in a vise.
Z1BY TIL After teaching a monkey the concept of money, he used it to pay for sex.
xVjM1 TIL The first vending machine was created two thousand years ago by the Greek inventor Heron Alexandrinus. It dispensed holy water when a coin is inserted into to a slot.
neGWY TIL that The Volcanic Eruption of Krakatoa Indonesia On 27th August 1883 with an explosion the equivalent power of 150 million tonnes of TNT. The eruption was so loud that the sound was heard over a twelfth of the Earth’s surface, the shockwaves reverberated around the entire planet, seven times.