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TIL Grand Theft Auto was influenced by Pac-man
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TIL pirates kidnapped a 22 year old Julius Caesar. His charisma led the pirates to treat him as a friend. He insisted they double his ransom, which they did. He said he would crucify them when free, and it was laughed off as a playful joke. Upon release he raised a fleet, returned and crucified them
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TIL that the USA started a project 1938 that hired 450 unemployed clerks to write 28 volumes of higher mathematical functions.
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TIL that Olivia Hussey who played Juliet in the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet” wasn’t allowed to go to the premiere of the film because she was under the age of 18 and there was a nude scene - even though she was the one who was nude.
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TIL Oregon has two timezones
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TIL that when boxer Jack Dempsey wanted to back out of a fight due to his age and his opponents skill, his younger brother took the fight under the same stage name and went on to become the legendary boxer Jack Dempsey.