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TIL: Augustus Caesar was rich enough that he could pay off every single student loan in the US, Pay off all credit card debt for every citizen in the US, All debt held by US states to the federal government, Pay of the debt of the lowest owing 120* countries and still be the richest man alive today

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VBmVp TIL: At least one player drafted in Top 5 of the NBA draft was named Rookie of the Year, or has made an All-Star Team or All-NBA Team every year since 1976. The highest drafted player who made an All-Star Team that season was Adrian Dantley, who was drafted 6th by the Buffalo Braves.
oRlkr TIL: That whilst shooting the music video for Sledgehammer, Peter Gabriel lay under a sheet of glass for 16 hours while filming the video one frame at a time. "It took a lot of hard work", Gabriel recalled, "I was thinking at the time, if anyone wants to try and copy this video, good luck to them."
wLQJ8 TIL In 1793, The French government implemented a new calendar, based on decimals. It had 10 days per week, 10 hours per day, 100 minutes per hour and 100 seconds per minute. The experiment lasted 12 years, failing to gain wider acceptance.
Dn4J TIL that despite being a minor background detail, the roaches in Half-Life had AI that would seek out food and react to other creatures and changes in the environment
epKm4 TIL Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol was a Parisienne theatre that primarily put on horror and amoral productions. Celebrities and royals would sometimes attend and viewers were know to faint, vomit, or become aroused. Grand-Guignol lasted from 1897 to 1962, with declines following the Second World War.