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TIL Old Linde brand gas cylinders sometimes have a 'window' shape stamped on them. They were captured from Nazi Germany and the swastika symbol was re-stamped with a square, making the window

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0WYy TIL in 1989, after buying a painting for $4, the new owner discovered a first print of the 1776 Declaration of Independence hidden in the frame. He sold it for $2.4 million
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