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TIL that the Ichthys symbol, commonly referred to as the ‘Jesus fish’, is actually the vesica piscis , which is an 'almond shaped oval defined by two arcs and symbolizes the vagina’, used by Greeks, Romans and other pagans.

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jmMj TIL that a da Vinci painting “Madonna of the Yarwinder” was stolen from Drumlanrig Castle by two thieves posing as tourists who claimed to be undercover police. It was found four years later in a lawyer’s office in Glasgow.
Br1ar TIL inventor and architect Buckminster Fuller tried to document his life as completely as possible. Every 15 minutes from 1915 to his death in 1983 he recorded his life in his diary named ‘Dymaxion Chronofile’. Ultimately, it contains 14,000 papers and is a staggering 82 metres high.
xDmw TIL that the green iguana has a ‘third-eye’ called a parietial eye, in the middle of its forehead. This does not function in the same way as its two side eyes, but enables it to detect movement, especially from above, to help it avoid predators.
p8LwO TIL for 1 fight against each other in 2017, Floyd Mayweather Jr. was paid $280,000,000 and Conor McGregor was paid $130,000,000. The fight lasted for 28 minutes.
m1KjY TIL Good Will Hunting was only able to film on location at Harvard after alumnus John Lithgow intervened. Harvard had initially denied the movie access to film on its campus. However, Lithgow asked the movie's location manager what he wanted and then made a phone call which ultimately delivered it.