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TIL Despite how her work is often interpreted, Georgia O'Keeffe consistently denied that her artwork was meant to represent female genitalia, stating that "When people read erotic symbols into my paintings, they're really talking about their own affairs."

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4kvmo TIL Whamageddon - a game played during the 24 days before Christmas in which players try to go from 1 - 24 December without hearing "Last Christmas" by Wham!
QJDG9 TIL two French explorers lost all the oil in their vehicle while traveling across the Atacama Desert. In order to get home they ended up using crushed bananas as substitute oil.
R7a6Q TIL that is is impossible to accurately measure the length of any coastline. The smaller the unit of measurement used, the longer the coast seems to be. This is called the Coastline Paradox and is a great example of fractal geometry.
OGlv6 TIL the city of Boise, Idaho drops a 17-foot long potato for their New Year's celebration.
9w5jG TIL the Nuremberg Trials executioner lied to the US Military about his prior experience. He botched a number of hangings prior to Nuremberg. The Nuremberg criminals had their faces battered bloody against the too-small trapdoor and were hung from short ropes, with many taking over 10 minutes to die.