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TIL Little Caesars founder Mike Ilitch quietly paid Rosa Parks rent for years.

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X0kaj TIL that nearly the entire student body and faculty of Ole Miss joined the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and suffered a 100% casualty rate.
wL4wY TIL the term "Byzantine Empire" only came about a century after the Empire had fallen; the Byzantines called themselves Romans, and others called them Greeks
yVojl TIL that some "Vampires" were buried with ropes full of knots, because Vampires could not resist the urge to untie knots and therefore would keep them busy for eternity.
ndnY TIL that the ban of leaded gasoline is believed to have been a major cause for falling violent crime rates in the United States
oKnY TIL during Mike Tyson’s rape trial, he was offered a 6 month probation to plead guilty. His response: “I’d spend the rest of my life in jail, I’m not pleading guilty to something I didn’t do.” The woman who accused him has had one prior history of false rape accusation.