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TIL that Joe Rogan and My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way are first cousins.

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VxeB TIL The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus attempted to cure a serious illness by lying in the sun covered in cow dung. He died the following day.
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ANxWw TIL Rome was sacked by the Gauls in 390 BC, before it had become a major power. The defeat influenced the Romans to move away from the Greek fixed phalanx form of fighting toward the use of maniples, or small maneuverable groups of soldiers that could adapt more quickly without being pinned down