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

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yZoa TIL there is a birth deformity called bilateral Stahl’s ears which can result in a person being born with elf-like ears
4jea TIL that South Africa is the only country in the world to independently develop nuclear weapons and then give them up: 6 finished warheads were dismantled in 1989.
GYRj TIL that in 2010 the International Council on Security and Development conducted a survey that found that 92% of Afghan men have never heard of 9/11.
xLxo TIL that sexy boob plate armor would actually kill the wearer.
QNMeX TIL that the ancient Romans did not simply have a god of doors, but a specific goddess of door hinges, a god for dual doors, and a third one for the threshold