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TIL Olympic medals used to be given for “Town Planning”
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TIL that the Roman Emperor Nero did not play the fiddle as he watched the Great Fire burn Rome. When the fire broke out he was at his villa in Antium, 35 miles away. When he received news of the fire he immediately rushed back to Rome to begin relief efforts.
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TIL that Jack White and Jack Black recorded a song together as Jack Gray
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TIL that the Pacific island of Guadalcanal and the Mexican city of Guadalajara have the same origin - the originally Arabic word wādī meaning valley.
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TIL Bill Murray doesn’t have an agent, just an 800 number that you call and leave a voicemail pitching your movie.
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TIL when Agave plants begin to die they will grow rapidly in a death bloom causing them to reach heights as high as 30 feet.