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TIL that ancient cynics practiced shamelessness by masturbating in public

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1MR8 TIL of the “man will never fly” conspiracy. People who believe that man actually has never flown and are just tricked into believing they are flying.
8ea84 TIL that in addition to Little Boy and Fat Man the Manhattan project also worked on a design called "Thin Man". The project was shelved after it was found that plutonium isotope impurities would have likely caused it to blow itself apart prematurely.
0dX5A TIL the first Pizza was probably served without Tomato/Tomato Sauce - it was not until the Spanish brought fresh tomatoes from the Americas that Modern Pizzas (with the familiar toppings) were invented.
XEW1E TIL about Cargo Cults, an indigenist belief system in which adherents perform rituals which they believe will cause a more technologically advanced society to deliver goods. These cults were first described in Melanesia in the wake of contact with allied military forces during the 2nd World War.
d8xbj TIL that on the sign to Aushiwitz "Arbeit macht frei" (work sets you free) the B is upside down, this was done by the Jewish prsioners there as an act of defiance.