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TIL There’s a Movie That’s Set to Be Released in Year 2115 titled “100 Years – The Movie You Will Never See”

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vPgwj TIL that over his 24 year career, the charioteer Gaius Appuleius Diocles made $36m sesterces. He primarily raced for the Reds. Won 1,462 out of 4,257 starts. Won the ceremonial opening procession a record 110 times. Some scholars believe he’s the wealthiest athlete ever.
LGGZ TIL : A man donned Walmart uniform and walked into Walmart pretending to be an employee. There he stole four flat screen TVs and left through the emergency exit without anyone suspecting.
78WNL TIL: Until 2013, foreign chefs in Japan were legally barred from working in restaurants specializing in traditional Japanese food and could only serve foreign cuisine. Japan changed its regulations for foreign chefs after traditional Japanese cuisine won UNESCO designation.
nWlAr TIL about Raoul Whitfield, one of the earliest American hardboiled detective fiction writers. Close friends with Dashiell Hammett, he was briefly married to New York socialite Emily Davies Vanderbilt Thayer and created the character Jo Gar, a Spanish-Filipino detective in Manila.
MeQy0 TIL that one individual, Beau Brummell, is largely responsible for the modern suit becoming the standard formal dress of western men for the next 200 years, replacing stockings