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In response to
"teach me things, yo! I haven't won trivia in two weeks. random fact me to death, please. -- nm"
by
amanda
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okay, how about this one .... The Vestal Virgins of Rome were women priests who tended the sacred fire of Vesta ...
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goddess of the hearth fire. If they lost their virginity, even as a result of rape, they were buried alive in an unmarked grave. In the 1,000-year history of the temple, only 18 Vestals received this punishment.
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