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TIL Walmart only sells clean versions of albums and if an artist refuses to make a clean version Walmart will not sell it.

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E1NJd TIL that the ancient Greeks thought that Persephone spent her 1/3 of the year in the underworld between June and September, not the winter months. This is because crops in ancient Greece were planted in October, harvested in April, and threshed in May, unlike in more northern climates.
ZODo TIL: The German tiger tank can be killed by fighters by ricocheting bullets off the ground in front of it so they would come up under the tank’s belly and kill it.
KO5RE TIL female gladiators or "gladiatrices" existed in ancient Rome, but were rare because it was considered unwomanly. One gladiatrix of note was a woman who fought wild boars with a spear while topless, and who would squat to urinate in front of a stunned crowd.
gMmQL TIL 40 papyri from 150-99 BC found in Egypt form an archive recording 3 generations of a common soldier's family. Personal letters, divorce papers, contracts andwills tell of his emmigration from Crete, his marriages, career and death, as well as the life of his daughter, her 4 siblings and her kids
Lxbr TIL the record for the biggest gang bang ever is held by Lisa Sparks who had sex with 919 men.