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TIL that the Ku Klux Klan successfully adopted a road in Missouri. The Missouri state legislature fought back by renaming the road after civil rights icon Rosa Parks.

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OGn9L TIL that before it was "Donner and Blitzen," it was "Donder and Blitzen," and before that it was "Dunder and Blixem," which is colloquial New York Dutch meaning "Thunder and Lightning."
OjvL TIL the actor who played Max and Dani’s dad in Hocus Pocus, Charles Rocket, was found dead in a field with his throat cut in 2005. His death was ruled a suicide.
p85XQ TIL despite ancient Rome being one of the most powerful empires and using many modern financial techniques some of which are still being used today, Rome was a mainly agrarian economy with arelatively small GDP
D84D TIL Geddy Lee, the bassist for Rush, does not use amps while on stage and instead fills the empty space behind him with unique items such as Maytag dryers filled with Rush t-shirts or rotisserie ovens complete with a chef.
OGA0a TIL, when the asteroid that caused the Cretaceous-Paleogene Mass Extinction Event hit earth, the force was so high, that some rocks/material was ejected into space, leaving our atmosphere, while some burned upon re-entry.