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jNdvX TIL that Adolf Hitler could not prove who his grandfather was, as his father was born illegitimately and his paternity was never established, meaning he could not prove his own "Aryan descent"
b9kr9 TIL the lead singer of Toto is the son of legendary composer John Williams
7rDM7 TIL that the word “museum” is derived from the word “musaeum” which translates to Institution Of The Muses, the Muses being the nine goddesses of the arts.
awMJy TIL that Nero didn't play a fiddle while Rome burned in 64 A.D., bowed string instruments wouldn't appear in Europe for another 800 years. However several sources place Nero on the roof of his palace during the fire, dressed in stage garb and singing from the Greek epic “The Sack of Ilium.”
wjnP TIL that John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) of the Sex Pistols has been married for over 30 years to a German publishing heiress