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TIL that one of the most elite army units in ancient Greece consisted exclusively of gay male couples, making them fight harder because they knew that their partner would likely die as well if they lost the battle

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WkEE8 TIL of the Bethke brothers. Each escaped from Soviet East Berlin. Ingo floated on a mattress across a river. Holger used a bow to fire a cable across the gap, then zip-lined to safety. Then Ingo and Holger built an aircraft and flew back over the wall to rescue their third brother, Egbert.
1PXr TIL that the Great Dane was first bred in Germany, not Denmark, for Boar hunting. It is the national dog of Germany, where it is known as a German Mastiff.
wLkP TIL there is a brand of cigarettes designed explicitly for smuggling.
e0APk TIL Jon Bon Jovi's parents were attending a wedding in 1987 when they recommended the wedding singer try out for their son's friend's band. The singer was Sebastian Bach, and the band became Skid Row
ryb4 TIL that when the CEO of the Sesame Street Workshop was asked if Bert and Ernie are gay, he replied, “They are not gay, they are not straight, they are puppets. They don’t exist below the waist.”