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TIL Napoleon liked the painting of Mona Lisa so much that he had it placed on his bedroom walls for several years before returning it to the Louvre.

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R5Rlw TIL Jeffrey Dahmer accidentally roofied himself once instead of the intended victim, and he awoke to find that they had robbed him of several items of his clothing, $300, and a watch.
J1bKk TIL the Dutch adopted gibbing (removing herring organs except pyloric caecae) from Scania, letting the fish pickle at sea in brine. They stayed longer after herring shoals, returning with pre-salted catches that fueled centuries of trade dominance—an iconic dish with global roots!
69Kd8 TIL in 2004 a woman was arrested after she tried to use a fake $1 million bill that had a picture of the Statue of Liberty on it to buy $1,675 worth of merchandise at a Wal-Mart. She even asked for her $998,325 in change.
x4L1 TIL that the Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.
5w7R TIL - The name of Yoda’s race & home world are never mentioned in any film, book, or media. He is officially said to be of a “species unknown”.