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TIL that so many historical artifacts were found while excavating the Rome Metro's Line C that one of its stations doubles as a museum

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nyZb TIL that Henry Ford was the first industrial giant to give his workers both Saturday and Sunday off, in hope that it would encourage more leisure use of automobiles - and thus popularising the idea of the “weekend”.
yYYv TIL that the word “muscle” comes from “musculus” meaning little mouse since a bulging muscle was said to ressemble a little mouse with the tendon as a tail.
yQ4Zv TIL that when Samuel Fuller left Hollywood to fight in WW2, he refused offers for desk jobs and instead enlisted as an infantryman, saw heavy fighting, and even liberated a concentration camp. Returning home with a Silver Star, he became one of the most influential filmmakers of all time.
kJaX4 TIL Jane Goodall met her first husband, Hugo van Lawick when he came to photograph her for National Geographic in Gombe Stream National Park and married in 1964. They had a son nicknamed Grub. But when his funding dried up, he had to leave Gombe and the couple drifted apart
1alP TIL According to the comics, Lex Luthor is agitated towards Superman because he thinks Superman contributed towards the balding of his head when he was a child.