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TIL of Roman Emperor Valentinian I who died of a stroke while yelling at Envoys

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x64Vb TIL Dolphins name each other, and call each other by name.
4kmK5 TIL of Silas Simmons, the oldest living baseball player of all time. Born in 1895, he played in the Negro Leagues from 1913-1929. After baseball, he was a porter and a department store manager. He died in 2006 at the age of 111, having outlived all 5 of his children and both of his wives
Bggre TIL that the Shawnigan Cataractes derive their name from Shawnigan Falls, a nearby waterfall, as Cataracte is French for cataract as in a waterfall.
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