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LkdrV TIL about the Sacred Band of Thebes, which was a company of 150 pairs of homosexual lovers, who were considered amongst the most elite soldiers of their time.
X6mR TIL no-one has died from a spider bite in Australia for 33 years
M7Xj8 TIL that, in June 1947, Kenneth Arnold became the first person to describe seeing a “Flying Saucer”, popularizing the common image of alien spaceships
x6ENb TIL sometimes pregnant women turn their toilet seats blue or purple!
M7rOW TIL about the 1955 Le Mans disaster. It was the most catastrophic crash in motorsport history. Large pieces of debris flew into the crowd, killing 83 spectators and French driver Pierre Levegh, and injuring nearly 180 more