TIL: Sylvester Stallone wanted to use "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen as the theme song for Rocky III, but was denied permission. So, "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor was written.
TIL about David Johnson, the "World Famous Bushman", who hid behind a bush scaring passersby in San Francisco from 1980 to 2014
TIL Alexander Hamilton, a Scottish politician, had such a strong interest in Ancient Egyptian mummies that he arranged for his own body to be mummified and placed in a sarcophagus after his death.
TIL Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday in the US marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. was signed into law on November 2, 1983. As of 2007, only 33% of employers gave employees the day off.