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TIL Mayan's ritualistically put intoxicating drugs up their butt via clay pot enemas. (Updated Source)

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M7L08 TIL about Russian Ostern Movies, heavily inspired by American western films, the Ostern Genre was usually set in the wild Russian steppes at around the time of the Russian civil war, a lot of those movies are available for free on the internet
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