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TIL that Herodotus gives an account of the Agathyrsi, who lived in Transylvania during the fifth century BC. He described them as a luxurious people who held their wives in common, so all men would be brothers.

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1W8W TIL the “most succinct” world in any language is “mamihlapinatapai” and means the “unspoken and private moments shared in public where each party is fully aware of what the other is non-verbally expressing but is otherwise unwilling to vocally suggest or offer the thought.”
RJl9 TIL that MLB pitcher Daniel Norris lives off just $800 a month, despite a million dollar salary. He says “Who am I to deserve that? What have I really done?” and “I’m actually more comfortable being kind of poor.”
RXgQ TIL the Roman Emperor Vespasian hated philosophers, seeing them as “unmanly complainers who talked too much.” One philosopher was banished to an island and still criticized Vespasian, so the Emperor sent a message: “You are doing everything to force me to kill you, but I do not slay a barking dog.”
md1O TIL it is a common misconception that for every one second there is between the flash and the thunder of a Lightning equals to the lightning being one kilometer away. In fact it is about 3 seconds for each kilometer.
BrQD TIL One gallon (4 liters) of gasoline has about 31 million calories.