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TIL Michelangelo painted a hidden self-portrait on a fresco inside the Sistine Chapel--as the remains of the flayed skin of St. Bartholomew

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gemX TIL that Walmart’s best selling items before a hurricane are Strawberry Pop-tarts and Beer
b9A8j TIL Harold Ramis was set to direct "Galaxy's Quest", with Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, or Alec Balwin in lead roles. Neither actors were available, and Ramis left the project after DreamWorks favored Tim Allen in the lead instead. Ramis later said he was impressed with Allen's performance in the film.
PXNL TIL Comedy Central only agreed to air the word “shit” uncensored in the South Park episode “It Hits the Fan” (the first South Park to do so) if the word was used an absurdly high number of times. The episode had 200 total shits, 162 spoken, 38 written.
grLl8 TIL about the Reverse Mandela Effect - A phenomenon where an event or detail suddenly appears in the public consciousness that would have otherwise been too significant to forget. A popular example is the supposed assassination of MLK Jr.'s mother: Alberta Williams King.
Dllr TIL: Libya’s most potent warlord and commander of its armed forces is a US Citizen