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TIL An artist carved a black violin (Blackbird) from his grandfather’s headstone (diabase), and used mammoth ivory for the bridge, gold leaf for the interior, Harjedalan (black) rock for the back plate, and ebony for the rest. It took him 2 years to make and weighs 2 kilograms.

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lraG TIL that illegible prescription handwriting is responsible for 7000 deaths annually in the US alone.
W77pA TIL of "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union." It was hailed as the 2nd Declaration of Independence" and lead to SC being the 1st state to leave the Union. In it, only 1 reason was listed for secession.
oB4rK TIL: pearl harvesting doesn't require the oyster to be kill, and in fact farmers try not to because oysters normally produce better pearls as they get older. (#8)
KYl59 TIL When fire fighting foam damaged 734,465 volumes in the Russian Academy of Sciences the government put out a radio appeal for citizens to dry them in their homes, this saved 93% of them
8eXDX TIL Dogs preferred to poop with their body being aligned along the North–South axis.