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TIL: James Earl Jones drove cross-country and used Darth as his handle on the CB radio. The truck drivers would really freak out

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dNQB TIL that in the past many religions had “Sacred prostitutes” that would engage in sexual intercourse for rituals.
nekEd TIL Pope Clement VII personally approved Nicolaus Copernicus’s theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun in 1533, 99 years before Galileo Galilei’s heresy trial for similar ideas.
dD889 TIL the hit version of “Tom’s Diner” was remixed by the group DNA and circulated to clubs without the permission of the artist Suzanne Vega or her label. When Vega heard the remix, she advised the label to buy it and officially release it rather than sue the group for copyright infringement.
rNwdw TIL: Due to the invention of nuclear bombs, historians refer to the period from 1945 to now as, "The Long Peace"
BrR1b TIL when Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses S Grant, both men were so respectful and courteous that it became known as "The Gentlemen's Agreement". The two reminisced about their shared experience in the Mexican war for 25 minutes before even discussing the surrender terms.