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TIL When “Mona Lisa” was stolen in 1911, the police arrested and questioned Pablo Picasso for stealing it.

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4krp5 TIL that the old Hungarian alphabet was comprised of runes!
4kreg TIL that the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs is actually a sequel, with the first in the Hannibal Lector series being Manhunter from 1986.
4k6oR TIL about Leopold Karpeles, a Jewish immigrant who worked on the Underground Railroad then went on to recieve the Medal of Honor in the Civil War.
gMnMy TIL that red is not the only color of blood in the animal kingdom. Several species of octopus have blue blood, ocellated icefish have clear blood, and the green-blooded skink has, well, green blood.
jdAp TIL the intro to “Iron Man” was achieved by having Ozzy Osbourne sing through a spinning fan. When the Guitar Hero team wanted to record a cover of the song, they bought the same model of fan through Craigslist to duplicate the effect.