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TIL Octavian, the adopted son of Julius Caesar that would later become emperor Augustus, ordered the killing of the only known biological son of Caesar (with Cleopatra) named Caesarion (the last Egyptian pharaoh), following the advice of his companion who said "Too many Caesars is not good".

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7XmZ TIL During his Presidency Richard Nixon established the EPA & OSHA, ended the Vietnam War, signed into law the Clean Air Act, desegregated southern schools, presided over Apollo 11 lunar landings, opened diplomatic relations with communist China, and initiated a detente with the Soviet Union
ZpmGo TIL flies can live for days without their head
R55X4 TIL Einstein's great breakthroughs came from visual experiments performed in his head rather than the lab.
dDX8r TIL the Irish tenor Ronan Tynan, known in the U.S. for "God Bless America," is a double amputee who competed in track and field and equestrian at the 1984 and 1988 Paralympics, winning four gold medals. He's also a medical doctor specializing in orthopedics.
QJxXp TIL 91 year old Jimmy Carter became cancer free after months of treatment for a deadly cancer that spread to his brain. His doctor said, "He's a physically and mentally active individual who's in the best health possible for someone in his age group..."