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TIL John Prine was discovered as a singer by Roger Ebert.

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nkp7 TIL that in 131 AD the Jews revolted against Rome for the second time in fifty years. The Emperor Hadrian put down the revolt. He slaughtered 580,000 Jews and sold the remnants into slavery, starting a diaspora that would not be reversed for roughly 1800 years.
Y7P0d TIL that Nazi Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner was especially harsh on deserters, even putting out an order in 1945 that all soldiers found deserting were to be court-martialled and immediately hung, and that later that year he deserted his own post.
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