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TIL Dwayne Johnson’s manager is his ex wife Dany Garcia

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LQKWp TIL that China’s Terracotta Army, thousands of life-sized clay soldiers buried with the first emperor, was accidentally discovered in 1974 by farmers digging a well, leading to one of the greatest archaeological finds ever.
mjpO TIL that Bill Shepherd, first US Navy SEAL that became a NASA Astronaut and first commander of the ISS, was asked what he does best in his astronaut candidate interview. He answered: “Kill people with a knife”
JR4 TIL Erwin Rommel did not want Hitler to be assassinated, fearing he would become a martyr, and that it would spark civil war in Germany and Austria. Instead he wanted him tried for his crimes.
EggLp TIL that the life expectancy of reinforced concrete is 50-100 years.
K7ZB TIL Tom Petty escaped death as well as saved his wife and 5 year old daughter when an arsonist tried to set his house on fire. He later wrote “I Won’t Back Down” which was inspired by the experience.