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TIL that ancient cynics practiced shamelessness by masturbating in public

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W778L TIL in 1970, Sean Flynn, son of actor Errol Flynn, disappeared in Cambodia while working as a photojournalist during the Vietnam War. While leaving the country’s capital, he set off on his motorbike for a press conference in Saigon. He were never seen again, and in 1984, Flynn was declared dead.
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