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TIL The Bush UK electronics brand is still in use and is owned by Argos

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OolA7 TIL of "A Village Fair with a Church Behind": a 1643 painting by Isack van Ostade owned by Queen Elizabeth II. When conservators cleaned the painting, they discovered that a bush in the foreground had been painted over the original around 1903; they removed the bush which revealed a pooping man.
9Ryr TIL a watch strapped to your ankle will eventually fall behind one strapped to your wrist due to time dilation
XPWD TIL Mike Tyson’s first fight as a kid was with a bigger kid who pulled off the head of one of Tyson’s pigeons.
lWpK TIL that there are 4 states in US that ban BJs but allow Necrophilia
VBRG4 TIL Boeing used depleted uranium plates as counterweights in its 747 airplanes and some helicopters. While relatively safe, some of these plates have been lost. They stopped using it completely in 1981.