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TIL about "Pigcasso" the first non-human artist to be given her own art exhibition and for holding the record for most expensive artwork by an animal ever sold

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4j15 TIL of Whipping Tom, the name given to two serial spankers in London in the 17th & 18th centuries. “On seeing an unaccompanied woman, he would grab her, lift her dress, and slap her buttocks repeatedly before fleeing. He would sometimes accompany his attacks by shouting "Spanko!”“
Oo4Pa TIL as a child, president Woodrow Wilson grew up in the South during the American Civil War. His oldest memory was of him playing in his yard at the age of three, when he heard a passerby announce in disgust that Abraham Lincoln had been elected and that a war was coming.
bk6Z TIL that during WWI and WWII the US and British Navy used Dazzle Camouflage which centered around confusion over concealment and resulted in some funky looking ships
gM4YD TIL: In the 1960’s The FAA intentionally created 1200+ Sonic Booms over Oklahoma City in a six-month span to test the effect on residents and wildlife in anticipation of commercial supersonic flight
DjaV TIL that Walmart makes over $13 billion in sales from food stamps, but because of its employees’ low wages, also likely has the most employees currently receiving food stamps.