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TIL Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson comes from a wide family of American Samoan professional wrestlers called the Anoa'i.

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gMLKL TIL that there's something called Bechdel Test which measures the representation of women in fiction, asking whether the work features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man.
loY85 TIL of quipos - the Andean writing system which didn't use ink and paper/tablets/skins. Information was encoded in an intricate system of strings of colored yarn tied in a variety of knots. This system survived until just after the Conquistadors.
X0jxr TIL John Lennon's aunt and guardian, despised both of his wifes. Lennon was providing her with an allowance, but when she learned that his former MIL was getting the same amount, she called him to complain. He bought her a house, but after his death, ownership passed to Yoko, which made her furious
GYZ8g TIL a Wisconsin jury awarded $26M to an executive who was fired for discussing the Seinfeld episode featuring "Delores" with a female colleague. It was the largest award in Wisconsin history.
bxYa TIL TATA group(an Indian company) bought Jaguar- Land Rover from Ford as revenge for the chairman of Ford insulting TATA representatives.