The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Pfeffer_Prinz on 2024-10-08 17:16:05.

Original Title: TIL Julius Caesar wasn’t born via Caesarean section. In fact, the procedure was named well before he existed. Despite this, in some languages, the term directly translates the “caesar” part. For example, in German it’s “Kaiserschnitt” (emperor cut).