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TIL that Decimus Junius Brutus , one of Caesar’s most trusted supporters and also a key player in his assassination , being the one to persuade him to attend the fateful meeting where he would be assassinated , was named secondary heir by Caesar’s posthumous will.

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P1Vrw TIL World's first known medical bachelor's degree issued by Al Qarawiyyin University in Fez in 1207AD to a Moroccan doctor Abdellah Bensaleh El-Koutami, who practiced medicine, pharmacy, and veterinary science.
epxkg TIL between 2002 and 2018, 13 people were killed in Filipino karaoke bars while performing Frank Sinatra's "My Way" by other drunken patrons. Reasons include singing it in the wrong key or too many times in a row, or the "arrogant" lyrics putting off the audience. Most bars have now banned the song.
JYZ8V TIL the young, unknown Afghan girl from the 1985 cover of National Geographic was located in 2002 and her identify was confirmed using iris recognition. She remembered being photographed in the mid-80s but had never seen the image of herself as a child before it was shown to her in January 2002.
xVvXB TIL that China has over 100 cities with more than 1 million residents
wobWo TIL That the term "box office" originated from Elizabethan-era theaters, referring to the private, elevated seating areas for wealthy patrons called "boxes." The "office" was the location where tickets for these coveted box seats were sold. The phrase expanded to mean the total earnings of the film.