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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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R7Vm9 TIL in the Ottoman Empire, they would lock away spare male heirs in a part of the Imperial palace called the “Kafes” (“the cage”), and put them under lifelong confinement, unless they succeeded the throne. This was to avoid a war of succession, and ensure the survival of the royal dynasty.
kOA8W TIL Chimpanzees have entered their own Stone Age: they have been using stone tools for generations.
e07w4 TIL Logging, fishing, and aircraft piloting/flight engineering are the top 3 most dangerous jobs in America, while law enforcement and firefighting are ranked 15th on the list. Taxi drivers are more than twice as likely to be murdered on the job than law enforcement personnel.
4b4a TIL that when Neil deGrasse Tyson first saw the stars come out at the planetarium at 9 years old, he thought it was a hoax. Growing up in the Bronx, he’d never seen the stars before due to light pollution.
Ooma7 TIL that they make and sell blue Santa suits in Liverpool as they are the colours of Everton FC and fans refuse to wear Red and White as they are the colours of their rivals, Liverpool FC.