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TIL Most people in Europe do not use air conditioning.

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DAoJ TIL that all of the many self-portraits that Van Gogh is famous for were painted in a span of just 3 years.
4kejJ TIL that until 1948, the Olympics gave out medals in "Art Competitions" including painting, music, literature, sculpturing, and architecture.
gMOrD TIL of Laura Bridgman, the first deaf-blind American child to gain a significant education in the English language, fifty years before the more famous Helen Keller. Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1845.
Z6JR TIL One of the most, if not the most, prolific serial killers in American history, continued getting work as a nurse from 1988 - 2003 due to a national nurse shortage even with extensive history of attempted suicide, documented mental instability and accused patient misconduct
VMBpG TIL the average age of an S&P 500 company is under 20 years, down from 60 years in the 1950s.