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TIL That the founder of Little Caesars Pizza paid for Rosa Parks’ rent so she could live in a safer area of Detroit from 1994 until her death.

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MeJv0 TIL that Alan Smithee was the official pseudonym film directors used when they wanted to disown a project.
mxJLx TIL that the German constitution has an eternity clause that prevent changes of its fundamental core values
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