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TIL of a second-century Roman senator with thirty-eight names.

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kKn5 TIL that wireless phone chargers use resonant inductive coupling which Tesla tried to use to provide free wireless electricity and may be used to create roads that can charge electric cars
DQ00e TIL that when writing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl originally intended for Charlie to be black, but his agent thought it was a bad idea and made him turn Charlie white.
BgQlW TIL that actor Nicholas Galitzine, who plays Prince Charming in Cinderella and Prince Henry in Red, White and Royal Blue, is the son of an actual prince (Prince Geoffrey Galitzine of the House of Golitsyn)
PY7xG TIL Nero never fiddled while Rome burned, because there were no fiddles in Rome. Violins were not invented until some 1400 years later.
oBneA TIL of genetic sexual attraction,where people with similar genes tend to be mutually attracted. This is often cancelled by the Westermarck effect:children raised together rarely become mutually attracted when older. Thus,separated siblings who reunite as adults have a high risk of sexual attraction.