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TIL Stephen Fry was under criminal investigation in 2017 for blasphemy, for his comments made on the show 'The Meaning of Life'

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ANJj4 TIL Vincent van Gogh created around 2,100 artworks during his lifetime. This includes about 860 oil paintings and over 700 drawings. Despite his prolific output, he only gained widespread recognition and acclaim posthumously. Van Gogh’s artwork can be viewed on his official page.
L9YZ TIL a Russian mathematician solved a 100 year old math problem. He declined the Fields medal, $1 million in awards, and later retired from math because he hated the recognition the math community gives to people who prove things
xVlY7 TIL a child is 16 times safer riding to school in a school bus than in a family vehicle
0oDM TIL: Jean-Claude Van Damme’s epic Volvo split commercial was done in one shot… without practice.
gmWD TIL the old Scottish word for “clitoris” is “tickleygiblet”