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TIL that Nikola Tesla supported the forced sterilization of those he considered “undesirable”- this included more than criminals and the mentally ill.

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oBg97 TIL That the Roman Emperor Nero, in his last moments, paced around saying "What an artist the world is losing" over and over again and was so petrified of dying, that he asked one of his companion to set an example by killing himself first.
R7ok8 TIL of Juan Luna, a painter who killed his wife and her mother in Paris in 1892, because he suspected his wife of having had an affair. He was arrested but acquitted on the basis of temporary insanity. At the time in France there was an “unwritten law” that forgave men for killing unfaithful wives.
eJWg TIL Nikola Tesla created the first logic gate in 1898 when he created the first remote controlled vehicle, over 50 years before Walther Bothe won the Nobel Peace Prize for it. He reportedly told onlookers multiple times it was simple science beforehand so that they would not think it witchcraft.
p8p0A TIL the phrase "Long time no see" was originally a "broken English" phrase - the phrase has its origin from either a Native American or Chinese phrase
LQdd TIL The first game to feature multiple endings depending on how you played the game was Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest on the NES.(101 facts list #50)