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TIL that in 2021 an Italian artist sold an invisible sculpture for £13,000 and gave the buyer a certificate of authenticity to prove it is real

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Jv0V TIL that the Dana Carvey Show, which aired just 7 episodes in 1996, had a writing team that included Louis C.K., Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Bob Odenkirk, Charlie Kaufman. Robert Smigel, Dino Stamatopoulous (Starburns from Community) and more.
jE1n TIL Traces of cannabis have been found on Shakespeare’s pipe
0wG9M TIL a university math student arrived late to class one day and saw two "homework" problems written on the chalkboard. He solved them, not knowing they were actually two famous previously unsolved problems in mathematics. This true story helped form the basis of the movie 'Good Will Hunting.'
a8EPJ TIL about Doc Holliday/John Henry Holliday a dentist and gunfighter in the American West, who participated in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. He is known as the deadliest dentist in the west.
D180p TIL that the state of colorado considers chicken wings to be a sandwich by law