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TIL Galileo's middle finger is on display at the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy

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grRV7 TIL that in addition to his successful "The Thin Man" novel, which spawned six films, Dashiell Hammett ALSO created (or at least had attributed to him) another character called "The Fat Man", which was the basis for a successful radio show and a film.
j6gZR TIL that the Cairo spiny mouse has spinelike bristles rather than spines down its back. More importantly, it is the first and so far only known rodent that menstruates. Its cycle is nine days long.
OR06 TIL that Hall & Oates met each other in a service elevator while trying to escape an exchange of gunfire at a battle of the bands.
5ElR TIL Michael Bloomberg spent $650 million of his own money during his time as NYC mayor. Footing the bill for many expenses and donating hundreds of millions to better the city. “In the past, the city paid its mayor; Mr. Bloomberg paid to be the city’s mayor.”
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