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TIL Indiana legislators once tried to legally round the value of pi to 3.2

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ZpDvG TIL that ground-breaking comedian Lenny Bruce is pictured in the top row of the cover of the Beatles 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
oB59K TIL that Nero participated in the Olympics.
R5bWQ TIL of Bill Hatfield, the oldest person to ever circumnavigate the earth. He attempted a total of four times before succeeding and even washed overboard on his first voyage. He was 81 when he earned the record.
b9Gop TIL: That there is something called “The Alaskan Triangle” and 16000 people have gone missing in it since 1988.
j6RoR TIL about Neil Harbisson, the world's first officially-recognized cyborg. He has an antenna surgically implanted into his skull through which he can receive information in the form of vibrations.