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TIL reindeer herders in Finland put reflective paint on the antlers in order to cut down on nighttime car accidents.

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ZVQG TIL Tanks were originally called tanks as a way of misleading the enemy into thinking they were water tanks shipped to areas of the battle where water was scarce.
Me04K TIL due to being so well known, Steve Wozniak completed his college degree at UC Berkley under the name "Rocky Raccoon Clark".
nWpo9 TIL a human heart was successfully transplanted twice. After the first recipient's death from unrelated causes, the heart was transplanted into a second patient, who survived.
B4Ey TIL that the oldest person ever to live made a deal with a 47 year old lawyer at age 90; he would pay her 2500 francs per month in return for her apartment when she died. He paid more than double the apartment’s worth, and ended up dying two years before her.
lorAK TIL In 2011 it came to light a forger had fooled one of NYC's most elite art galleries into selling $80M worth of fake art despite the forger misspelling Jackson Pollock in the signature (dropped the "c", whoops!) and using paint that was not available at the time the painting was allegedly painted