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TIL Drawing a line in the sand is believed to have come from an elderly Roman sent alone to tell the king of the Seleucid Empire to stop war w Egypt. The king hesitated to accept leading the elderly man to draw a circle around him in the sand saying if he left it before answering there would be war.
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TIL about Juan José Cabezudo, a queer Afro-Peruvian chef and street-food vendor who lived in 19th century Lima. Known for his tamales, he was one of the most famous and well-documented cooks of post-independence Peru, being responsible for Bolivar’s farewell dinner before he left the country.
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TIL about The Lost Battalion of WW1. Wherein soldiers of the US 77th Div. launched an attack in the Argonne forest under the idea that they were being supported by French on the left and more US on the right. Ally support was stalled and the 77th pushed their attack so far that they were cut off.
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