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TIL both the first and last rulers of Rome were named Romulus

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RpG4 TIL that Japan’s power grid is divided into two incompatible parts (50 vs. 60 Hz). This started in the 1890s, when Tokyo bought German generators while Osaka bought American ones.
y0PM TIL Charles Baldwin, designer of the international Biohazard symbol, said regarding his design, “We wanted something that was memorable but meaningless, so we could educate people as to what it means.”
780MX TIL Serial killer Dimitris Vakrinos would kill people who mildly annoyed him. He once shot two random teens for being rude to someone on the street. After an argument with a fellow taxi driver over taxi priorities he tracked him down months later, got in his taxi posing as a customer and killed him
Z8XAB TIL that when William Langer, Governor of North Dakota, was convicted of a felony and ordered to be removed from office, he chose instead to declare North Dakota independent, declare martial law, and barricade himself within the Governor's mansion. Two years later, he was re-elected.
evJ6 TIL that Isle Royale, the largest island on lake superior, has a lake which has an island which has a pond which has a boulder. So the boulder becomes the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake in the world.