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TIL Greco-Romans wrote the names of their enemies on broken pieces of pottery then used the pieces to wipe their butts.

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0xYy TIL In 1869 an atheist built a 10-foot tall petrified man statue and buried it in Cardiff, New York, to sucker Christians into thinking it was a long lost Biblical giant. They paid to view. He got rich.
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