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#Ancient Greece

How Did Extending Your Middle Finger Come to Mean F.U.?

Author: Daven Hiskey / Source: Today I Found Out While some common gestures, such as the high five, have pretty well known and surprisingly modern origins, it turns out one of the most popular of all has been around for well over two thousand years, including having various similar connotations
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Found: Shipwrecks, Helmets, and Clues From an Ancient Roman Naval Battle

Author: Matthew Taub / Source: Atlas Obscura Just because a battle took place over 2,000 years ago doesn’t mean we can’t uncover what happened. A team of archaeologists exploring a Mediterranean site near Sicily is using their findings to piece together a narrative of the Battle of the Aegates
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Has Anyone Ever Actually Tied a Damsel in Distress to a Railway Track?

Author: Karl Smallwood / Source: Today I Found Out Dan P asks: We see in the old movies and cartoons that the villain ties their victim to the railroad tracks to kill him or her in a gruesome way thought the hero always rescues the victim in the nick of time.Are there any documented cases of
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