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TIL there is no historical evidence that the goal of Spartacus and the other slave leaders was to reform the Roman Republic or end slavery. The Third Servile War may have happened simply because the men had an opportunity to escape and wanted to go home.

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d8Zmr TIL a Nigerian woman named Efunroye Tinubu was one of the wealthiest slave traders. She defied British attempts to abolish the slave trade and there is a monument in Nigeria dedicated to her
4OYw TIL that it’s not just video games that people have blamed for the actions of children. In 1979 and 1990, it was Dungeons and Dragons.
DZ7j TIL that in 2014, while live-on air at the College of Charlestown, Jim Cantore was charged at by a student. Cantore noticed the charge, and kneed the attacker in the groin. Cantore did not break his concentration and continued the report unperturbed.
KZOR TIL the rate of US gun violence has been steadily falling since 1993.
9Y8rD TIL of the Flint Effect. A result of cities being so delinquent in solving murders they appear to be beset by serial killers.