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TIL of "The Feast of Herod", a relief sculpture by Donatello, which shows King Herod being presented with the decapitated head of John the Baptist. It's in the Baptistry of St John in Siena, Italy.

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m1wgo TIL America, named after explorer Amerigo Vespucci, owes its name to cartographer Vautrin Lud and other members of the Vosges Gymnasium, who in 1507 produced the Universalis Cosmographia in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (France), the world's first map to include the “new continent”.
4XYRo TIL about 'The Rally'-a phenomenon that occurs when a critical patient is expected to pass away in a few days. At some point during last days (and sometimes even the final day of life), they appear to be "all better," meaning they'll eat more, talk more, and even walk around.
7yJr TIL the crew of a US destroyer threw potatoes at a surfaced Japanese submarine that was too close to attack. This distracted the submarine’s crew, allowing the destroyer to steam far enough away to shoot the submarine and sink it.
oBw6Y TIL Wind and barometric pressure changes can produce waves and effects similar to tides in enclosed bodies of water. This phenomenon is known as a seiche.
9w6OM TIL that the Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters: A, E, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, U, W, and ʻokina, which represents a glottal stop.