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TIL that Oreo O’s were discontinued entirely in 2014 after the last company making them in South Korea intentionally contaminated them with E. coli.

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b9JO7 TIL That Salvator Mundi, a painting of Christ holding a crystal orb, by Leonardo Da Vinci, is the current most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction. In 2017, it sold for $450.3M. In contrast, in 2005, at pre restoration, it sold for less than $10,000, as sellers believed it was a mere copy.
5Yv0D TIL Ben Nyaumbe survived being constricted by an African Rock Python for 3 hours. He bit the snake, smothered it with his shirt, was dragged up a tree by the snake and ultimately was rescued by Law Officials with the help of a rope
Lekv TIL earthquakes can permanently alter the length of a day. The 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan accelerated Earth’s spin, shortening the length of a 24-hour day by 1.8 microseconds.
OoRe TIL that there is a mathematical formula that when graphed, produces an image of the formula itself
PY84e TIL of Arthur Miles, a Cowboy Singer from the 20's, who made recordings of himself performing in a style of Tuvan throat singing. It is likely that he learned this without ever meeting a Mongolian.