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

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9wDpB TIL both Taco Bell and Domino’s Pizza faced crushing defeats in their cuisines’ homelands. Taco Bell was rejected in Mexico for its unrecognizable food and high prices, while Domino’s was driven out of Italy by fierce competition from authentic pizzerias and its bland, non-traditional pizzas.
eZZ6 TIL Mr. Rogers’ mother knitted every sweater he wore on the show.
DRbD TIL that the “Cool S”, that everyone remembers drawing back in junior high, has no clear origin and has spread across the globe since the 1980s.
M7XbW TIL Doctors in Lithuania removed over 1 Kilo (2.2lbs) of metal objects, including screws and nails, from a man's stomach after he was admitted for abdominal pain. Some of the objects were up to 10cm (4in) long. The man claimed he started eating the metal after quitting alcohol a month prior.
P1ZoL TIL: A scientist involved in the US nuke project determined the age of the world, created the clean room, and campaigned against leaded gasoline because it was poisoning everyone.