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TIL E is not in the grading system cause there was concern it would be misinterpreted as “Excellent”

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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.
YDBW TIL the 5th Amendment protects someone from revealing the source of their illegal income, but not the amount.
XBVE TIL that a woman driving to Dave Matthews concert stopped to help a stranded cyclist who turned out to be Dave Matthews himself. The woman got front row tickets, backstage access and Dave took her boyfriend and her for dinner
LNDP TIL that half of all human deaths from the beginning of time can be attributed to malaria
XE4e8 TIL that Weird Al Yankovic's parents died in 2004 of carbon monoxide poisoning. He played a show in Appleton, WI the same day, saying "Since my music had helped many of my fans through tough times, maybe it would work for me as well."