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TIL a single strand of spaghetti is a spaghetto

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LkALP TIL that it was forbidden for the feet of Aztec rulers to touch the ground. Their courtiers would lay out pieces of clothes for them to step on and they were carried around in litters for ceremonial occasions.
VB1N8 TIL human birth rates exhibit significant seasonality, with a large peak in spring and a similarly-sized trough in autumn/winter.
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