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TIL the Aztecs regarded childbirth as a form of battle. Women who died during childbirth were thought to rise to one of the highest heavens - the same one as for male warriors who died in battle.

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  • Thank you for doing so! I've been reading about Mesoamerican history lately and love additional facts.

    It's amazing how cultures separated by 10,000+ years can be so incredibly similar in general, yet distinct in the fine details!

    • TIL the Aztecs regarded childbirth as a form of battle. Women who died during childbirth were thought to rise to one of the highest heavens - the same one as for male warriors who died in battle.

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  • Footage of the event:

    • Mexico rejects Ukraine's request to arrest Russia's Putin during visit

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  • I don't think anyone's surprised. I do wonder though, if Putin has the guts to show up even with this assurance.

    • Ha, oh man.

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  • This format has a lot of potential!

    • Trump said he ‘went down’ in helicopter 'emergency landing' with former San Francisco mayor, who says it never happened

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  • Tl;Dr Trump confused two different black politicians, and the "conversation" about Harris never happened (with either).

    Also:

    Over the phone Friday, Res said Trump liked to tell a joke about Holden on the helicopter — “you turned white,” he said. But she said it was Trump’s face that was white. “He was white as snow,” Holden added. “And he was scared shitless.”

    • Trump calls Harris a "bitch"

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  • WTF is rationalwiki?

    • Jesse Ventura rips "rich white boy" Donald Trump as "biggest draft dodger"

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  • No one has to take sides, since only one of them is running for President.

    • MAGA Republican says anyone who didn't vote for her is a "fa***t" after losing primary

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  • "Homer, of course you'll have a bad impression of New York if you only focus on the pimps and the C.H.U.D.'s."

    • hail satan

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    • ecologists be like

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    • Powerful former North Dakota lawmaker pleads guilty to traveling to Europe to pay for sex with minor

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  • So are all the people involved in the coverup. The deeper you dive into this story, the grosser it gets.

    • Harris-Walz camouflage hat reaches nearly $1m in sales a day after release

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  • To raise funds in order to keep operations going.

    • Venezuela's Maduro blocks X access in country for 10 days

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  • He's blocking all outside media because he controls all the internal media.

    As much as twitter sucks, this is not good for Venezuela.

    • Battles rage in Russia as Kremlin struggles to repel surprise Ukraine incursion

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    • Guess the Episode [Genius at Work]

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    • An aid worker’s airport disappearance stirs fear of repression following disputed Venezuela election

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  • It only shows up for popular, mainstream sources. It might actually be a little bit useful if it worked for lesser known sources, but it doesn't, so it isn't.

    That's not even getting into the absurd biases that it constantly shows.

    • Trump spews lies, disparages Harris’s intelligence, insults Jews, and rambles about “insane asylums” in unhinged press conference

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  • Winning the election is still his only way of staying out of prison. He's not dropping out.

    • Harris-Walz camouflage hat reaches nearly $1m in sales a day after release

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  • The same reason that PBS sells tote bags.

    • Elon Musk’s backing of Donald Trump is hurting Tesla’s struggling EV business in Europe

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  • You know that people can see your comment history, right?

    • Why are people downvoting the MediaBiasFactChecker bot?

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  • It also seems to ignore most of the posts that it could actually be helpful on. Like no-name blogs and Fox News.