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TIL In 1966 Batgirl did a PSA about equal pay.

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r8Wd TIL Philip II (father of Alexander the Great) threatened Sparta with “if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city.”. The Spartans simply replied with “if.”. neither Philip or Alexander attempted to capture the city.
KpDR TIL Biggie, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, and DMX went to the same high school and rap battled each other during lunch
loYPA TIL a mother black lace-weaver spider will drum on her web to call her babies to come and eat her alive.
p8AjG TIL That the Republican Party was the Anti-Slave-Party in the American Civil War
KV0Q TIL that before Saladin died in 1193, he had given away all his wealth to his poor subjects. His estate consisted of 1 piece of gold and 40 pieces of silver, not enough to pay for his funeral.