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TIL: We now have facial recognition software for cats.

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aMjA TIL that Shasta Beverages, the company best known for all the third-tier sodas you can find at the dollar store, invented the soda can
o8o TIL that there’s a village in China where people have blonde hair and fair eyes, and it is believed that a lost Roman Legion might have settled in the village
BYok TIL that the Hanwha Eagles, a South Korean baseball team, has robot fans. These robot fans are controlled by real fans who can’t attend the game. The bots can cheer, chant, and do the wave.
GYNXj TIL In Ancient Greece, prostitutes were classified into two classes; the Pornai and the Hetairai. The Pornai served many men at once, and frequently worked on the street. In contrast, Hetarai were educated, had few clients, and provided companionship and intellectual discussion as well as sex.
5YZDn TIL that Cicero delivered such a devastating initial speech as the prosecutor of Gaius Verres' trial, Verres' own defense advocate could only recommend he fled Rome.