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TIL the 15th century Islamic mosaics in Spain's Alhambra palace display a near-perfect understanding of mathematical logic and 16 of 17 types of symmetry identified by modern mathematicians

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0x9v TIL in 1940, 11-year-old Audrey Hepburn studied ballet in occupied Holland. To aid the resistance, the students performed in secret while Nazi patrols roamed nearby. Applause was forbidden, and later Hepburn said, “The best audience I ever had made not a single sound at the end of my performance.”
8lEG TIL that porn star Haley Paige got married on August 2nd, 2007, and died August 21st that month. Her husband, who never got charged with anything, died the next month.
780yb TIL there were no casualties in the 2022 Cyprus earthquake besides 1,600 chickens that died in a stampede caused by their panic
8ao88 TIL that the US Navy maintains a white oak forest in Indiana for the oldest commissioned US naval vessel, USS Constitution. The forest is 150 oak trees in reserve for repairs to the wooden 224 year old Constitution when she needs it.
EEyw TIL Panarin’s Map was a prediction by a Russian professor that the United States would break up into four separate republics due to internal strain and external pressure. (Map #11)