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TIL King Auletes of Egypt (Ptolemy XII), paid Caesar 6,000 talents to be named "Friend and Ally of Rome". In 2018 that was roughly equivalent to $8,400,699,422.80 USD.

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8amg8 TIL: “Good Germans” is an ironic term, referring to German citizens during and after World War II who claimed not to have supported the Nazi regime.
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