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TIL about the 3rd gender in Zapotec cultures in Oaxaca, Mexico

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0wMpj TIL the story of Horatio on the Bridge. A junior Roman officer, he defended a bridge leading to Rome when an Etruscan army invaded. While the rest had retreated, Horatio rallied men to destroy the bridge behind him while he stopped the enemy from crossing. Jumping into the river, he swam to safety.
PxDn TIL that Ron Jeremy has a masters degree in special education
6Eaxm TIL humans learned to speak, grew bigger brains and evolved smaller faces by figuring out how to cook and chew their food less
5YRoP TiL About The Map: Vesuvius, 1832 ,Kate Wiles on Auldjo’s artistic map of Vesuvius across 200 year of major eruptions.
nxbr TIL only about %4 of the money raised by the National Breast Cancer Research Center goes to research.