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TIL that Converse is owned by Nike. It was acquired out of bankruptcy in 2003

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yV8AX TIL Spain and Portugal have the highest rates of divorce at roughly 84% and 94.5% respectively
neX0b TIL of the Judean Date Palm. An extinct palm variety that was revived using 2,000 year old seeds.
0dEY1 TIL the Roman Emperor Tiberius would execute boys whose sexual company he had grown tired of by having them thrown from a cliff into the sea while he watched. Some were tortured before being executed, and if they survived the fall, men waiting would break their bones with oars and boathooks.
5aD8 TIL that Vatican’s chief astronomer, Fr. George Coyne said, “Intelligent design isn’t science even though it pretends to be. If you want to teach it in schools, intelligent design should be taught when religion or cultural history is taught, not science.”
ADLwn TIL The emperor Caligula's real name was Gaius Caesar Germanicus. The name Caligula is a diminutive meaning "Little Boots" and was given to him by soldiers employed by his father Germanicus when he was a young boy.