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TIL that the first Roman Emperor wanted to be titled “Romulus” but was convinced to pick Augustus instead due to the former name’s monarchical connotations

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mxOp TIL the U.S. Department of Education prohibits schools from spending its funding on D.A.R.E. because the program is completely ineffective in reducing alcohol and drug use
rAQw TIL the number of Americans killed in Chicago since 2001 is 2.5 times that of Americans killed in Afghanistan since 2001
BrODK TIL Many of deities worshiped in Hinduism are worshipped in Japan too. They spread to Japan via Korean Peninsula. The mantras which are chanted in Sanskrit language are written in a different script called Siddham (Bonji). The ritual of Havan or Homa (called Goma in Japanese) is also prevalent.
oyWK TIL of the “Madagascar Plan”, a proposal of the Third Reich to relocate the Jewish population of Europe to the island of Madagascar
woOvP TIL about the Indiana Pi Bill, a proposed law in 1897 that would have made pi equal to 3.2. Passed unanimously in the Indiana House, it was stopped by a Purdue University mathematician.