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TIL – Looking at the rocks lower left of the famous portrait depicting Napoléon's crossing of the Alps by Jacques-Louis David, it is seen that the names of Hannibal and Charlemagne, who had previously crossed the Alps, were engraved.
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TIL about Nkisi Nkondi - ritual Congolese statues made to enforce oaths and protect villages. Nails were used to alert the spirit inside of the statue to punish those breaking oaths.
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TIL Frank Lloyd Wright cranked out his masterpiece Fallingwater in just 2 hours — the time it took his client to make his surprise visit en route from Milwaukee to Wright's studio at Taliesin.