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TIL Norman Rockwell’s “Rosie the Riveter” was inspired by Michelangelo’s “The Prophet of Isaiah”

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X0PKQ TIL that foie gras was originally widely known as a Jewish food and is thought by some to have been brought to Europe by Judeans
ADQJa TIL in 1999 a study showed that a supermarket sold more French wine when stereotypically French music was played instore. This also worked with German wine/music. Customers later claimed that they were ‘unaware’ of the music’s influence.
9wMYm TIL average onset of menstruation for girls in 1840 was age 17. In 2000 it was 12 years old.
Z8Jko TIL About Empedocles, a Greek philosopher who thought he was a God. In order to prove his divinity, he leapt into Mount Etna to show that he could survive the fire. It is said his bronze sandal was found after it was spat out of the volcano.
xVyb TIL a graduate student mistook two unproved theorems in statistics that his professor wrote on the chalkboard for a homework assignment. He solved both within a few days.