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TIL Some People Base Romantic Compatibility on Blood Type

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Z8DJ4 TIL: In 1963, Bruce Lee took the basic physical exam for the US Army. And failed.
XYNk TIL the US is pretty much the only first world nation, without mandated paid holidays or vacation by the law
b9mVN TIL that art thieves posing as police officers stole 13 works valued at $500 million from the the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston in 1990. The stolen artwork include paintings by Rembrandt, Manet and Vermeer. The artwork hasn't been recovered, and empty frames hang in their place.
neE9W TIL of The Testimony of Truth, a 4th century Gnostic manuscript that tells the story of The Garden of Eden from the point of view the serpent, a gnostic symbol for divine wisdom and knowledge, in which it depicts God as jealous and the villain in the story.
0wl0L TIL that since 2006, Antarctic research stations representing countries all over the world have participated in their own film festival. Each station has 48 hours to produce a 5-minute film that includes 5 different elements: a sound, an object, a quote, a celebrity, and an action.