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TIL that Roman gladiator fights were officiated by referees, and that one gladiator who died in combat even blamed the referee for his death on his tombstone, with the epitaph "Fate and the cunning treachery of [the referee] killed me."

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x6l4k TIL of the Sable Island Horse, a wild species found only on a low lying sandbar in the Atlantic off the cost of Nova Scotia. Released on Sable Island in the 1700s, they have become their own species over time. About 500 horses currently exist and are now legally protected by the Canadian government
JYm58 TIL of Inuka, a polar bear who was born at the Singapore Zoo in 1990. He was the first and only polar bear to be born in the tropics.
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QNkX9 TIL the two sons of American comedian Soupy Sales performed with Iggy Pop while David Bowie played keyboard and backing vocals.