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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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XEKnr TIL about Tomohiro Nishikado father of Supēsu Inbēdā sold in America as Space Invaders. Tanks and soldiers were replaced by aliens to not create image of war.
j9RM TIL the marble masterpiece “Sleeping Hermaphroditus” was unearthed ~1608 after being buried for centuries. In 1620, 22-yr-old phenom Gian Lorenzo Bernini carved the marble mattress on which s/he lies today that’s so strikingly realistic visitors are compelled to give it a testing prod.
D8ke TIL in Germany, it is illegal to contact/email an employee on their vacation days.
woGV6 TIL that ejaculation is initiated by the spinal cord, not the brain. A group of neurons, calls LSt cells control and coordinate the various aspects of ejaculation and send signals to the brain, indicating the occurrence of ejaculation.
jNPv TIL that the middle finger of Galileo Galilei is on display at the Museo Galileo in Florence.