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wobQJ TIL that prior to 2015, there was a town in Spain called 'Kill The Jews' which was named as such to convince authorities of their loyalty during their Spanish inquisition
epQbn TIL the USA doesn't use the metric system because in 1793, literal Pirates of the Caribbean looted the ship carrying the "official kilogram" and it never reached its intended destination (the US gov't).
M7Zwb TIL that in 1911 the famous Mona Lisa painting was stolen from the Louvre in Paris. This raised the pieces value and popularity making it then a masterpiece.