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TIL the specifics about an ancient Greek sex position has been lost to history. In Aristophanes' comedy Lysistrata, women going on a sex strike vow to never "assume the position of the lioness on the cheese grater."
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TIL South Australia has 80% of the world's opals
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TIL that there is a mathematical theorem named after pizza.
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TIL Al Pacino's nickname is Cap.
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TIL Professional poker player Annie Duke graduated from Columbia and has a Ph.D in Psychology from Penn.
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TIL Venus has phases like the Moon
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TIL that Venus, despite not being the closest planet to the sun, is the hottest.
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TIL: Mushrooms are more closely related to animals than plants.
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TIL that the LCVP landing craft, famously used in the D-Day landings, was made out of plywood. It was originally designed as swamp boat for trappers, oil drillers and (allegedly) liquor smugglers.
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TIL Walton Goggins, as a child, once caught a baseball in his mouth, knocking out his two front teeth. A year and a half later, he dove into a pool and hit the bottom, knocking out his two front teeth again.
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TIL The Sami people of Northern Europe use drones to track track and manage reindeer herds, blending traditional herding practices with modern technology.
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TIL that Chex (originally Shredded Ralston) was created by pseudoscience writer Webster Edgerly as a food to give mind control powers to white people.