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TIL: Pablo Picasso's real name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso

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v10k7 TIL each of the main musketeers in Dumas's "The Three Musketeers" is based on a real person. Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan was indeed a Captain of the Musketeers under Louis XIV. and even served Cardinal Mazarin in espionage. His memoirs inspired the whole of the D'Artagnan romances.
p848N TIL the inventor and promoter of leaded petrol, Thomas Midgley Jr, went on to also invent Freon - the first chloroflurocarbon. His last invention, a pully system to help him get out of bed while suffering polio, tangled up one day and strangled him.
JMv TIL Queen Elizabeth used cannabis to help with her menstrual cramps
loWgN TIL about Tulip Mania, during the 17th Century Dutch Golden Age, when prices for some tulip bulbs skyrocketed. Many think it is one of the first speculative bubbles to pop, but some historians believe it has been exaggerated over time.
ne5Ad TIL about Judith Love Cohen, an Aerospace Engineer who worked on projects such as the Apollo and Hubble programs. She was a Publisher, Author, and Mother to Jack Black.