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TIL of Flavius Josephus (Yosef Ben Matityahu), one the most famous Jewish historians ever, that meticulously documented the Great Jewish revolt and the destruction of the second temple, categorising different groups of zealots and thier leaders, which they, even 2000 years ago were seen as extreme

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0dxlp TIL when NFL execs told Prince that he'd "have to have a press conference" as the halftime act of the Super Bowl, he point blank said "I don't do interviews" followed by "I'm just gonna play for them (reporters)" & he did. The NFL decided not to break their deal over a few things Prince wouldn't do.
b9j4j TIL President Warren G. Harding once gambled away the entire White House china set in a card game
9wR1G TIL in Britain, association football used to be called "soccer" by the upper class, while the working and middle classes preferred the word "football". As the upper class lost influence in British society from the 1960s on, "football" supplanted "soccer" as the most commonly used and accepted word.
6E9ll if the Sun were 'shut off', Earth's surface temperature would drop by a factor of two about every two months. The current mean temperature of the Earth's surface is about 27 °C / 81 °F. This means in two months the temperature would drop to -123 °C / -190 °F, and -189 °C / -324 °F in four months. So basically except some bacteria seem to be capable of surviving at extremely cold temperatures in space, we humans would die pretty quickly.
9wMR6 TIL that Sting sang the intro and backup vocals on Dire Strait's "Money For Nothing". The "I Want My MTV" intro is set to the tune of "Don't Stand So Close To Me".