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TIL Immersion (Piss Christ) is a 1987 photograph by the American artist and photographer Andres Serrano. It depicts a small plastic crucifix submerged in a small glass tank of the artist's urine

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jNgjj TIL that in England in 1688, there were 50 offences that were punishable by death, that number had almost quadrupled by 1776, and it reached 220 by the end of the century. The Judgement of Death Act of 1823 relaxed this, limiting execution for all crimes except treason and murder.
WrN4 TIL that there’s a ghost city in Cyprus that no one has been allowed to enter for over 35 years.
g6eb TIL Cheetos are designed specifically to melt in your mouth, tricking your brain into thinking they don’t contain calories, causing you to constantly crave more.
Br4bb TIL that elephants have the ability to count by using its sense of smell. During a study, elephants showed that they can detect differences between various quantities of food using only their sense of smell.
vPOgj TIL Andronico Luksic, the founder of Chile's wealthiest family worth approximately 18 billion, was able to greatly expand his mining business after a Japanese company mistakenly paid him 500,000 dollars for copper interest instead of the 500,000 Chilean pesos he had requested, roughly six times more