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TIL in the 4th Century BC, an elite military company called The Sacred Band of Thebes, which consisted of 150 male lovers, defeated a larger Spartan army in battle

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lo8wB TIL homosexual males and females have a smaller INAH 3 (interstitial nuclei of the anterior hypothalamus) than heterosexual males and the region has been observed to have a direct influence in sexual behavior in animals
pbwN TIL Yurii is the Slavic form of the name George
KJpR TIL that none of the players who lost their powers in the movie Space Jam ever won an NBA Championship.
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16KRd TIL of Floyd Collins, a cave explorer in 1925 who got trapped. During rescue attempts hundreds of cave explorers and tourists stood outside the cave. The cool air caused them to light campfires that disrupted the ice within the cave. Directly causing the cave passage to collapse leading to his death