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

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vxYK TIL that the Dead Sea Scrolls were sold by the discoverer for a sum that, adjusted for inflation, is about $37 USD.
rnJe TIL: The shish is the stick the kebab goes on, hence Shish Kebab.
9wyJM TIL the statue atop the US Capitol building was going to have a liberty cap (the old Roman symbol of an emancipated slave), but future Confederate President Jefferson Davis made the sculptor remove it.
yQr5J TIL coffin dancing is a thing
eYO6 TIL Jimi Hendrix was once invited to play with Cream alongside Eric Clapton. In the middle of the show, Clapton walked off stage. He was found in the back shaking angrily and smoking a cigarette. When asked what was wrong, he simply replied, “You never told me he was that fucking good.”