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TIL The Ancient Greeks had a type of cup that was intentionally shaped like a woman's breast. It even had a "nipple" on the bottom! Experts are unsure exactly what the purpose of them was, but some seem to have been left as offerings to gods linked to childbirth and child rearing.

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