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TIL that The Monuments Men actually aimed to bring all German artwork back the United States, until the German people protested.

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d801Q TIL that ancient Spartan schools deliberately underfed boys to force them to steal food, but severely punished anyone who was caught. This was thought to toughen them up, especially since it accustomed them to hunger, which was common on the battlefield.
9Ya5Q TIL Taco Bell has special restaurants labeled cantina that sells alcoholic drinks
yBoV TIL that 1988 a chimpanzee received 400.000 votes in a mayoral election in Rio de Janeiro, coming in third place.
epmxL TIL that Egyptian mummies would have their eyes replaced by shells, linens or painted onions. This has made it especially difficult to study Egyptian mummy eyes since embalmers often made no effort to preserve them.
grQ9 TIL that “research on one-day-old babies has found that boys look longer at a mechanical mobile while girls look longer at a face. This, as well as the effects of fetal testosterone on later behavior, is argued to be evidence against the sex differences being only due to socialization.”