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TIL A latin teacher incited 3 of his students to assassinate the cruel Duke of Milan, an act they've been groomed for since childhood. Instead of being hailed as heroes, one was killed by the crowd, and one killed by a guard after he run towards a group of women and got tangled in their clothing

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M7xwm TIL that "The Nutcracker" ballet wasn't considered a success when it premiered in 1892. It wasn't performed in the United States until the 1940s and didn't gain widespread popularity and develop into a holiday staple until the 1960s.
JpGl TIL the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima released an amount of energy equivalent to the conversion of 0.7 grams of matter into energy.
PwbJ TIL Indiana legislators once tried to legally round the value of pi to 3.2
ZpelR TIL Gold is actually older than Earth itself! Gold we find on our planet is remnants of supernovas that occurred around 5 billion years ago, long before Earth was formed about 4.5 billion years ago. So, the gold in our jewelries are actually older than the planet we live on.
loEVN TIL Oregon had the only state-sponsored rock festival in United States history, Vortex I. It was an elaborate ploy to lure young people away from Portland during a planned visit by President Richard Nixon.