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TIL Philosopher AJ Ayer, age 77, prevented Mike Tyson, age 21, from raping model Naomi Campbell. Tyson: “I’m the heavyweight champion of the world.” Ayer: “I am a Professor of Logic. We are both pre-eminent in our field; I suggest we talk about this like rational men.” Ayer and Tyson began talking.

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ADDD7 TIL that the Temple of Artemis was burned by a man named Herostratus who sought to live in infamy. Despite his name becoming illegal to say, to deny him that infamy, it eventually become a metonym “Herostratic fame” meaning someone who commits an act to gain notoriety and infamy.
epZA4 TIL That Marie 'Madame' Tussaud owes part of her fame to the French Revolution. Originally slated for execution due to her connection with French nobility she was spared and subsequently began making wax casts of some of the revolution's more famous victims including Louis XVI and Marie Antoniette.
Z8loR TIL The phrase "History is written by the victors" has never been proven to have originated from Winston Churchill or any one author. It is believed to have likely been inspired from Hermann Göring's quote: "We will go down in history as either the world's greatest statesmen or its worst villains."
rRkn1 TIL Great White Sharks Are Completely Terrified of Orcas that they will flee their hunting grounds and won’t return for up to a year when killer whales pass by.
LkMRZ TIL - The Alaskan town of Glacier View doesn’t get dark enough for fireworks on the 4th. Instead, they drive cars off a cliff.