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TIL that South Korean artist Chun Kyung-ja spent over 30 years claiming her painting Beautiful Woman was a forgery, despite repeated government and forensic investigations declaring it authentic.

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wL191 TIL of WW2 US Army Captain Moffatt Burriss who, along with two other me in a Jeep, accidentally stumbled upon a 15,000 strong German Panzer Corps outside of Berlin toward the end of the war. He approached the enemy commander alone and tricked him into surrendering his army and being taken captive.
JRol TIL that in 1947 James Hanes of the Hanes brand, helped to sterilize over 7,600 people in North Carolina because they were deemed “unworthy of having children”.
WJGX TIL that on Christmas, 1979 the first president of Equatorial Guinea had 150 of his opponents killed; Soldiers dressed up in Santa Clause outfits and executed them in a football stadium while amplifiers played “Those Were the Days”
rNwdw TIL: Due to the invention of nuclear bombs, historians refer to the period from 1945 to now as, "The Long Peace"
0wKLA TIL about avant-garde composer John Cage whose most famous work is 4'33". For four minutes and 33 seconds, the musicians do nothing, allowing the audience to hear the environmentals of the performance hall.