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TIL that the word homophobia was originally used to refer to heterosexual men’s fear that others might think they are gay

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mxEaY TIL that Aztecs were one of the few ancient civilizations where education was mandatory for everyone, boys and girls from all social status were educated at home and later at schools (although the kind of school depended on gender and class)
xMe1 TIL that most deaths from an overdose occur when an addict who has gone clean relapses and administers their old dose without realising that they have lost the tolerance they had built up.
Lda9 TIL the entire GoldenEye 007 game on the N64 is only 12 MB.
yQNWe TIL that the only foreign anthem ever played at Buckingham Palace was the American anthem the day after 9/11
GEv7 TIL the Parthenon is in such bad condition because occupying Turkish forces used it as a powder magazine which exploded when hit by a Venetian shell in 1687.