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TIL that more than 30 Roman emperors (out of ~86) were erased from monuments by decree of the Senate, as a way to erase the names of disgraced individuals from public memory

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X06ZR TIL of the Wicked Bible (circa 1631) - called such because of a typo omitting the word "not" from the commandment "thou shall NOT commit adultery." Also, in Deuteronomy 5:24, “God’s greatness” is typoed with “God’s great arse.”
ZpGxB TIL that in the 2000 US Presidential Election, the margin for Bush in Florida was just 0.009% or 537 votes in a pool of 6 million voters
VQnm TIL that in 1983 Ronald Reagan said “There are some people who would have you so stand on principle that if you don’t get all that you’ve asked for, you jump off the cliff with the flag flying…I believe half a loaf is better than none and that…you’re not going to always get everything you want.”
4Xlww TIL, the city of Auburn Hills, Michigan which is famous for their now-demolished Palace sports arena started off as Pontiac Township which was near the city of Pontiac, and it was originally intended to be renamed Pontiac Heights before the city of Pontiac disapproved that decision.
6ExW7 TIL Composer Dvořák was inspired by African-American spirituals while in America and became convinced they were the future of American music. He told a student, "these beautiful and varied themes are the product of the soil. They are the folk songs of America and your composers must turn to them."