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TIL During the course of the Roman civil wars, the Athenians sided with Pompey against Julius Caesar, Brutus & Cassius against Octavian and Mark Antony against Octavian, all losing sides

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1JgD TIL that there was controversy in 1930 because someone was paid more than the president. That person was Babe Ruth, and the amount was $80,000
6xOW TIL that in the siege of Weinsberg, a surrender granted the women the freedom to leave unharmed with whatever they could carry. Thinking quickly, the women carried their men on their backs to safety.
NYLE TIL In addition to Excalibur, King Arthur had a lance named Ron
po8N TIL of Jeanne de Clisson. After her husband was beheaded by the french, she sold all of her land and holdings to fund a pirate army. She hunted and destroyed all the French ships that they could. When she caught nobles, she personally beheaded them with an axe.
DOmv TIL CAPTCHA is an acronym: “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”