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TIL to besiege an army, Julius Caesar built an 18km wall around their city. Upon learning of an approaching relief force, he built a 21km wall around the first. The armies attacked from inside the city and out, and Caesar defeated the 180k strong enemy with 60k men. The entire episode lasted 3 weeks

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b9vVE TIL of Vivien Thomas, An African-American surgical technician that developed the procedures used to treat blue baby syndrome ( a fatal heart condition in infants) in the 1940s. He was offered the position of Chief of Surgery at Johns Hopkins (his alma mater) in 1941.
PQxE TIL that Spielberg committed to directing Raiders while building a sandcastle with George Lucas in Hawaii.
GkRJ TIL that actor Jonathan Goldsmith, who portrays the most interesting man in the world in the Dos Equis commercials, lives on a 50-foot Beneteau sailboat in Marina del Rey.
yQkKw TIL Wi-Fi at 5GHz is faster, but has a shorter range. Wi-Fi at 2.4GHz covers a farther range, but is slower.
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