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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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ebAE TIL Because of its fierce resistance to British occupation in the Revolutionary War, British commander Lord Cornwallis referred to Charlotte, NC as “a veritable hornet’s nest of rebellion”. This is how the Charlotte Hornets basketball team got its name.
ne8AW TIL Japan has been wearing surgical-style masks since 1918 and has become a part of social etiquette. It is also worn as a fashion item and serve as defensive barriers due to social awkwardness. Total sales of disposable face masks amounted to ¥35.8 billion in 2018.
x8pw TIL that in 2007 NFL player Braylon Edwards promised 100 Cleveland public high school students that if they kept a 2.5 and performed 15 hours of community service he would pay for their college. They did, and Braylon Edwards kept his word. He spent approximately a million dollars.
GAom1 TIL: A study in 2009 randomly selecting people with beards, mustaches, and clean-shaven found that mustached individuals made 8.2% more money than the bearded and 4.3% more than cleanshaven. However, they spent 11% more money. The study was funded by the American Mustache Institute.
j66XX TIL: Vitamin C was named ascorbic acid to indicate it was “anti scurvy”. (Scurvy is a life threatening disease caused by a lack of Vitamin C).