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TIL that Einstein not only was a socialist, but he also wrote essays about it

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wdxW TIL that in 192, the Roman emperor Commodus declared himself the new Romulus and “re-founded” Rome. He then renamed a bunch of things in his own honor, including the city itself and the names of the 12 months (which he changed to correspond with his 12 names)
N75n8 TIL In 2009, a boy sent a letter to the King of Norway requesting permission to change his name to "Sonic X". The King responded that he could not approve the change because the boy was not 18 years old.
GYgbj An egg-cellent activity from Science Buddies
j5ea TIL that a 10+ hour film version of Dune was almost produced with Salvador Dali as the Emperor, with art by HR Giger and music by Pink Floyd
Eg457 TIL in 2002 Fentanyl was used to end the hostage crisis in the Moscow Theater