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TIL The Roman Emperor Calligula was assassinated by his head body guard after making one too many gay jokes.

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PYkJG TIL of "Operation Rock Wallaby", a helicopter mission which dumped thousands of pounds of veggies (mostly carrots and sweet potatoes) to wallabies and other animals left without a food source after surviving wildfire in New South Wales.
v1Vlr TIL the first US President's dog to received regular coverage from the press was President Harding's "Laddie Boy." That's because of Harding's doting of him as the dog had his own seat in cabinet meetings. Harding even had miniature statues of him made that he handed out as gifts.
mAOP TIL six people attempted to steal cobalt-60 rods from a chemical plant in the Chechen Republic. One of them died from radiation exposure thirty minutes after opening the containers for the rods and handling the contents.
rRJ14 TIL Carbon-dated around the early 15th century, the Voynich manuscript is written in an untranslatable language. Studied by many professional and amateur cryptographers, the manuscript has never been demonstrably deciphered and claims that it has been decoded have never been independently verified.
woVEE TIL of Jelle’s Marble Run which pits marbles either head to head or team against team in a number of different races and competitions; color commentary included