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TIL historians are uncertain the precise location of the Rubicon River, which Julius Caesar crossed triggering civil war in Rome

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KOKER TIL Steve Jobs didn't let his kids use iPads. "“They haven’t used [the iPad]...We limit how much technology our kids use at home.”
gMlRX TIL from 1983-85, there was a huge crash in the Video games industry. Market saturation was a factor, with too many competing consoles & games. Revenues went from $3.2 billion to $100 million, a 97% drop. Despite NES’s later success, the crash ended the 80’s generation of console gaming in the US.
xLdw TIL that there is a hostage negotiation stragedy called “Bringing Home the Bacon” where negotiators fry bacon outside of the hostage area, making the hostage taker hungry from the smell and more willing to negotiate.
VBplZ TIL that a fan-made music video for the song Sail by AWOLNATION has 370 million views, over 100 million views more than the official music video
v1Y6x If the task requires creativity or mental rotation, music can increase performance.