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TIL Ancient Greeks Voted to Kick Politicians Out of Athens if Enough People Didn’t Like Them

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AZQl TIL that when your kitty brings you home a dead animal, it think you are an incompetent hunter and is trying to show you the ropes
N78yP TIL about Richard Passman, an engineer who worked on the Corona, the spy satellite that informed the U.S. of Russian nuclear power. He died of Corona.
4kkbb TIL about Nicole Camphaug, a Canadian Inuk fashion designer who promotes Inuit culture by creating contemporary Inuit fashion items. A pair of her sealskin high-heeled shoes are held at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto.
MLJm TIL that, when the bible references a person putting their hand under someone else’s thigh when making an oath, they were actually cupping–and swearing on–their testicles. Evidently this custom is what led to the term “testify”, being derived from “testicles”.
ZyyG TIL two hikers lost for days were saved after finding the abandoned gear of a man who had vanished 1 year prior, to the exact day. They used the matches in the pack to light a signal fire.