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TIL Pythia, the Oracle of Delphi who was considered to be the most powerful woman of the classical world, has had almost nothing recorded about her process because authors from the period treated it as common knowledge with no need to explain.

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ne8aB TIL Louis Silberkleit graduated from New York Law School, co-founded MLJ Magazines (later known as Archie Comics), and served as its publisher for many years
69Wkm TIL that cartoon depictions of the sawfish having a sharp cutting snout are more reality than fantasy. While myths about cutting ship hulls are untrue, bad injuries result for boat crews. If caught the animal intentionally tries to cut humans. (More cool bio stuff sprinkled through rest of article.)
DQ9Yj TIL Leonardo DiCaprio almost lost the role of titanic because he refused to do a screen test for James Cameron. In turn Cameron was ready to turn Leo away. But he immediately reconsidered and went to audition Which led James to cast him for the role.
NoZ8 TIL that there are no professional female sumo wrestlers because professional sumo wrestling bans women from competitions and ceremonies. Women are not allowed to enter or touch the sumo wrestling ring (dohyō), as this is traditionally seen to be a violation of the purity of the dohyō.
X8yD TIL after 1250 gallons of mayonnaise went bad at Michigan State University last year, the school’s Sustainability Officer used an anaerobic digester to turn it into energy and power part of the campus.