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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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OZ0a TIL that Coca-Cola had a price of 5¢ for over 70 years (1886-1959) and at one point the company tried to raise the price by asking the U.S. Treasury to issue a 7.5¢ coin.
nee1b Just getting to the centre of the Earth and surviving is impossible. The Earth's core is about 9,000°F—as hot as the sun's surface—and would instantly roast anyone who found himself there. Then there's the pressure, which can reach roughly three million times that on the Earth's surface and would crush you. But let's not sweat the details. Once you arrive at the centre of the Earth, the physics gets really interesting.
YwpG TIL Germans and Russians in World War I had a temporary winter ceasefire to hunt hundreds of wolves that viciously attacked the soldiers
1aNwV TIL In the movie "Molly's Game" Michael Cera portrays an antagonist character who's actually Tobey Maguire (Spiderman) in the real story. The author of the book claims that he was an insufferable douche and one time even asked her to "bark like a seal" for a 1,000$ to entertain him and his buddies.
8ePdX TIL that there were only 21 days between the first atomic bomb test on July 16th and bombing Hiroshima on August 6th in the summer of 1945