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TIL Most all road signs in the US are made by prison inmates

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xVm1 TIL that in ancient Greece throwing an apple at someone was considered a marriage proposal.
5RQP TIL of Dewey Bozella, a Boston native who was imprisoned for 26 years for a murder he did not commit. In those 26 years, 2 felons put the murder on him, was denied parole several times, the evidence against him was destroyed by police, and evidence proving his innocence was never brought to trial.
Br4Jd TIL About a cafe full of manji or swastikas
OXr7 TIL Nicholas Cage, to avoid the appearance of nepotism as the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, he changed his name early in his career to Nicolas Cage, inspired in part by the Marvel Comics superhero Luke Cage.
P1aee TIL The depiction of the Buddha as human comes from the adoption of Greek art in Greek Bactrian and Indian kingdoms. The earlier Mauryans depicted the Buddha as a symbol in their art.