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TIL that is was a common practice of the Roman emperor Geta to make puzzles for his grammarians, asking them to characterize the sounds of different animals

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ov6A TIL there is an Australian band called “The Beards”. Every single one of their 38 songs is about beards.
NPrJ TIL Ronald Reagan won less than 60% of the popular vote in the 1984 general election despite winning nearly 98% of the electoral vote
oRBr TIL that the pied piper was a legend used to explain the actual disappearance of hundreds of children.
W7pZB TIL the Therac 25, a computer controlled radiation therapy machine, killed six people as a result of a computer bug that allowed the machine to inject lethal doses of radiation into patients.
9wlVG TIL that even though Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor had married and divorced TWICE, she still considered him the love of his life. He must of felt the same way because days before his death he sent her a letter asking for a reconciliation. 24 years later she was buried with the letter.