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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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v6wK TIL the Mall of America is owned by Canadians
mxWWv TIL that Cats the musical uses carefully crafted yak hair wigs for costumes. In 2016, they cost $2300 each and it took 40 hours or more to make a single wig. The wigs can’t be re-used. Over its 18-year run, the first Broadway production used 3247 pounds of yak hair.
K4v9 TIL The Fairness Doctrine, a law until 1987, stated that broadcasters must give multiple perspectives to important issues. Since 1987, figures of all political persuasions - Limbaugh, Maddow, O'Reilly, Olberman - have risen in popularity.
rR414 TIL after the town of Naco was split in two by border patrol, the residents of Naco, Arizona and Naco, Mexico started an annual tradition of having a volleyball match over the dividing fence
7vKL TIL during WWII the US deployed scout dogs that were able to warn their handlers of the presence of Japanese forces at ranges up to 1,000 yards, allowing the Americans to avoid ambushes and gain the element of surprise.