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TIL Jay DeFeo created a work called "The Rose" that started at 9 x 7 feet. She would apply thick paint and chisel it away. It eventually was 11 feet tall and weighed over a ton. It was sealed in storage until conservators created a backing strong enough to support the heavy paint.

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GYWXE TIL Canada has banned members of the Westboro Baptist Church from entering their country due to hate speech.
ANkvx TIL Mountain Gorillas almost never drink water. They get their hydration from from their plant diet and morning dew. Despite living in rainforests, they also tend to dislike rain and try to not get wet when crossing a stream. They have never been observed drinking water in the wild before 2013
v1X5j TIL that the British museum has a Greek sling bullet dated from the 4th century which is inscribed with the word “DEXAI”, which translates to “CATCH”
MkJV TIL that ocean fish, rays, turtles and sharks stop at cleaning stations, where smaller shrimp and fish clean them of parasites, even swimming into their mouth and gills to do a thorough job.
9wAvB [TIL] About Annihilationism