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TIL In Ancient Sparta boys were punished for not answering questions Briefly and Wittily enough

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XEQoj TIL Medical grade is nothing more than a marketing trick, which just means Inert
woe17 TIL the land Central Park is on was formerly a majority-Black settlement named Seneca Village. The land was seized through eminent domain, razed, and the settlement was largely forgotten until the publication of "The Park and the People: A History of Central Park" in 1992.
b9ega TIL that we almost had a symmetrical 13 month calendar where every month had 28 days and the each day-number was always on the same day of the week (26th was always a Thursday).
8eERG TIL the oldest extant lighthouse in the world, the Tower of Hercules (formerly known as Farum Brigantium), was modeled after the Lighthouse of Alexandria. It was built between the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, and is located in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
DRJv TIL: The CIA introduced LSD to Ken Kesey, who in turn carried on with the acid test parties. Creating the hippie movement we know today.