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TIL the godmother of rock n roll was a black woman, Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Active in the 1930s, she predated (and inspired) artists from Elvis to Beyoncé

by whatilearned May 27, 2023, 12:31 pm

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TIL the history of Jules Brunet , The historic figure who inspired “the last samurai “. In september 1868 this decorated captain who was a painter and a graduate of Saint-Cyr Polythecnique school decided to unofficially stay in Japan and Fight with the Shogun Forces against the Meiji Empire .

by whatilearned May 26, 2023, 11:54 pm

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TIL the Aerosmith song Walk This Way was inspired by the “walk this way” joke from Young Frankenstein.

by whatilearned May 26, 2023, 7:54 pm

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TIL of Gabe Sonnier, a man who started off as a janitor in a Louisiana elementary school until one day in 1985, when he was inspired by the then-principal to take up teaching. Gabe was 39 years old when he started studying for a teaching degree. He’s now the principal of that elementary school.

by whatilearned May 25, 2023, 11:57 am

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TIL that the Dragon Ball Z villain Frieza, a galactic tyrant who destroys all life on planets so he can resell them at a profit, was inspired by real estate speculators during the Japanese asset price bubble in the 1980s. Series author Akira Toriyama called them “the worst kind of people”.

by whatilearned May 24, 2023, 3:19 pm

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Men who got physically in shape/fit *after* getting into a committed relationship, what inspired you to do so and how did it affect you relationship with your SO?

by QuestionGuy May 23, 2023, 7:29 pm

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TIL Pac-Man’s colour choice was inspired by the yellow used in LEGO bricks

by whatilearned May 22, 2023, 3:15 pm

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TIL The French trio band “Darlin'” formed in 1992 and produced two songs before the members split up to pursue their own creative interests. Thomas and Guy formed “Daft Punk” while Laurent, inspired by their song “Phoenix”, formed a band of 4 under the same name of the hit song

by whatilearned May 21, 2023, 3:14 am

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I’m so inspired

by CopyPastaArchive May 17, 2023, 3:11 am

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TIL that Indiana Jones was inspired by the Italian Giovanni Battista Balzoni, a 2 meters tall strong-man, idraulic engeneer, explorer, pioneer egittologist and archeologist, and last but not least he had the title of “Templar Knight” given to him by the british masonry

by whatilearned May 13, 2023, 1:04 pm

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TIL about Capablanca chess. Invented in the 1920s by José Raúl Capablanca (world chess champion). It had two new pieces and played on a 10×8 board. He also had a 10×10 board version. Over the years this inspired many more variants.

by whatilearned May 5, 2023, 10:51 am

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TIL Edgar Allen Poe was inspired to write his famous poem ‘The Raven’ by an actual, taxidermized raven that was once owned by Charles Dickens. it is now on display in the the Free Library of Philadelphia.

by whatilearned April 30, 2023, 10:40 pm

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