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

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E18oV TIL Python's official documentation encourages you to make Monty Python references in your code documentation, since that's what the language is named after.
nWnyB TIL of the 9th century poet al-Khubzârruzi "the rice-bread baker". He could nor read nor write, customers would come to his bakery to hear him recite his poems.
KOVAw TIL The Boeing 747 Wing-Span (195 Ft or 59.4m) Is Longer Than The Wright Brothers' First Flight (120ft or 36.6m)
QNGNe TIL that Mel Brook's character in Blazing Saddles was named after a famous French flatulist, Joseph Pujol, better known by his stage name Le Pétomane.
KB7J TIL that all domestic golden hamsters are descended from one female – probably one captured in 1930 in Syria