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TIL that, in figure drawing, a normal person is 7-and-a-half heads tall, but heroic figures like gods and superheroes are drawn 8-and-a-half heads tall, adding a bigger chest and longer legs.

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W10N TIL in 2005 the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, insulted Finnish cuisine and joked that Finns ate “marinated reindeer”. In 2008, Finland won an international pizza contest, beating Italy. The name of the winning pizza was “Pizza Berlusconi” and it was made of smoked reindeer.
JpgV TIL: Hitler had a favorable opinion of Islam. He viewed Islam as “a religion that believed in spreading the faith by the sword and in subjugating all nations to that faith. Such a creed was perfectly suited to the German temperament.”
kJvLm TIL that in all 6 elections of the Greater London Council (1965-1986), the leading national opposition party won, with the party in government coming second
woJaW TIL that one the oldest types of cheese is Callu de Cabreddu. It’s made by taking the stomach out of freshly slaughtered youg goat, while still full of it’s mothers milk, tying it and letting it hang to dry and age.
X1Mk TIL that in an attempt to convince the jury that he was insane, John Hinckley Jr.’s lawyer actually concluded his defense by playing the movie Taxi Driver for the jury.