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8eNbb TIL The First Photograph Ever Taken in 1826 or 1827 by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce it was captured using a technique Niépce invented called heliography.
LQ0jP TIL the Mexican drug cartel were one of the biggest buyers of fine art until the government cracked down and forced them out of anonymity
rR8Oy TIL the 435 illustrations in John Audubon’s book “The Birds of America”, which feature 1,037 species of birds, were life-sized. The pages were 39x26 in. (about 100x66 cm).