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TIL The North Face clothing company sued a clothing company called The South Butt

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neGGY TIL of that Al-Ma’arri was the first to write a book of divine comedy and is thought to have influenced Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.
6PpQ TIL Freddie Mercury cancelled a duet with Michael Jackson in the 1980s because Jackson insisted on bringing his llama to the studio
4BeR TIL to besiege an army, Julius Caesar built an 18km wall around their city. Upon learning of an approaching relief force, he built a 21km wall around the first. The armies attacked from inside the city and out, and Caesar defeated the 180k strong enemy with 60k men. The entire episode lasted 3 weeks
v1Jo8 TIL that Ronald Reagan was so indelibly type-cast as the 'great loser' in films that when Jack Warner, movie magnate and his longtime employer, was first apprised of the actor's ambition to run for Governor of California, he protested: "No, Jimmy Stewart for Governor. Ronald Reagan for Best Friend."