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TIL that Pablo Picasso was questioned as a possible suspect when the Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911.

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9Anr TIL that when numbers are written in a spiral, prime numbers appear along diagonal lines.
mx5YR TIL Rosalind Franklin is the unsung hero of DNA research. Her X-ray Crystallography allowed her colleagues Watson and Crick to accurately characterize the double helix. Many believe she should’ve shared in their Nobel prize.
WPgA TIL to keep the plot twist in ‘Empire Strikes Back’ a secret George Lucas filmed Darth Vader delivering the line , “No, Obi-Wan killed your father!”. Mark Hamill was only told the truth moments before filming, and only he, Lucas, and the director knew about the twist until it was revealed in cinemas
Xn4R TIL that one of the seven wonders of the world, the Temple of Artemis, was burned down by an arson who wished to be famous for his crime. Following his execution, the Ancient Greeks made it an offence subject to the death penalty to mention his name.
EgaJP TIL that rabies can make men hypersexual. One Austrian doctor said, regarding his patient, that “Semen et animam simul efflavit: His seed and his life were lost at the same time.”