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TIL the political terms “left/right” come from seating arrangements in the French Assembly during the revolution: revolutionaries to the left, and monarchists to the right

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8a4bP 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
vOGB TIL any American with a DUI charge, no matter how old, will be denied entrance to Canada.
Wk699 TIL of Pigasus, a pig nominated for US Presidency in 1968. The anti-war activists responsible demanded treatment as candidate, including security and access to briefings. Pigasus and his team were finally arrested during a "rally" and charged with disturbing the peace and bringing a pig to Chicago.
rNL14 TIL about doodle grids -- a method for scaling up artwork without a traditional grid.
jNYDN TIL that Elvis would sing inappropriate parodies of his songs including “suck me tender” and so on...