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TIL that the highest paid athlete of all time was a Roman Charioteer. If he had lived today he would have been worth $15 billion.

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oRxxE TIL an Irish battalion fought in the Mexican-American war on the Mexican side.
AD0rx TIL Tim Burton became popular after directing Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, personally chosen by Pee-Wee actor/creator Paul Reubens. Burton had recently been fired from Disney for creating the short film Frankenweenie, as it was deemed too dark and scary for children.
Y7VvG TIL the moon pose (facing one's backside to the judges & bending over from a standing position) is the only banned pose in bodybuilding. When it was still allowed, bodybuilders who performed it were labeled as homosexuals & the public accused them of trying to entice the judges which led to the ban.
neW6P TIL Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447
bGy7 TIL that in the film The Dark Knight, the man who shouted “we are not intimidated by thugs,” to the Joker, was actually Patrick Leahy, the senior senator from Vermont and a self-confessed batman fan. He has appeared in a cameo role for every other Batman film since Batman Forever.