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TIL that the founder of Little Caesers payed Rosa Parks’ rent for years after he found out that she was assaulted and robbed in her home.

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m1dEy TIL: The home arena for the LA Lakers and Clippers, changed names in December 2021. It was the Staples Center but is now the Crypto. com Arena.
VGVD TIL it’s still legal for an employer to fire someone–for any reason–if they’re a communist.
KRrw TIL Olive Garden trains their staff in the art of “hospitaliano”, their made-up Italian word for hospitality
JYgM1 TIL After the deaths of his brothers JFK and RFK, Ted Kennedy became the sole patriarch to the Kennedy family. On the same day his 12-year-old son was having his cancer-laden leg amputated, Ted had to rush down to lead his niece, RFK’s daughter, down the aisle at her wedding.
QJ9WL TIL a photo a man who appeared to die while masturbating during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD was due to the contraction of limbs as a consequence of the heat effect on their bodies after death occurred.