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TIL Roman Emperor Augustus Banished his Own Grandson for Reasons Unknown

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pdwN TIL Liam Neeson’s wife died when his son was 13, six years after he played a recently widowed man with a 13-year-old son in “Love Actually”
GOv1 TIL Steve Jobs’ doctors correctly predicted that the St. Patrick’s Day/March Madness weekend would cause fatalities that would yield the organ donation he needed.
1eXV TIL that a woman fell to her death BASE jumping from Yosemite’s El Capitan as part of a protest intended to prove the safety of BASE jumping. Her husband filmed the fall from the meadow below.
ADlEx TIL that in Germany, Holocaust denial constitutes a crime of incitement to hatred and carries a prison sentence of up to five years.
x6OL5 TIL that Gadgetbahn is a neologism that refers to a public transport concept that is touted as futuristic or innovative, but in practice is less feasible, reliable, and more expensive than traditional modes such as buses, trams and trains.