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TIL Caesar was actually pronounced “kai-sar” and is the origin of the German “Kaiser” and Russian “Czar”

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ANDdl TIL that British broadcaster Thomas Woodrooffe was taken off-air midway through a program on national radio for being intoxicated and incoherent.
VBl9G TIL that Rhinoplasty(nose reconstruction surgery) has been performed since 3000 BC in Egypt, and a 600 BC Indian technique using a flap of skin from the cheek to reconstruct the nose is still in use today.
04G5 TIL the final design for Chewbacca was based on an illustration for a 1975 novelette by George R.R. Martin
P19vO TIL: Horse flies have razer sharp stabbing organs with two pairs of cutting blades and a spongelike part to lap up the blood of its victim, unlike the mosquito wich will release a mild anaesthetic to its host, the female Horse fly bite will sting and continue feeding until it is full or dead.
JpbV TIL Judge Cicconetti of Ohio dispenses what he calls creative justice. He has sentenced a man who stole from the Salvation Army to spend 24 hours homeless, a woman who abandoned 35 kittens in a forest to spend a night in the woods, & noisy neighbours to listen to classical music instead of rock