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TIL Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi painting sold at auction in 1958 for just £45, and re-sold in 2017 for $450,312,500.

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rRJg0 TIL that villages in Northern Portugal mark their boats and homes with runic symbols depending on which family they belong to. These same symbols have been found in Fyn Denmark where it's called "bomarken" or "home-marks" and was a widely held practice in older Scandinavia.
xVpgk TIL San Marino has two heads of state named Captains Regent, that are elected every six months and traditionally are chosen from opposing parties.
O5XR TIL Tolkien considered languages the foundation of his work. He created the stories for his languages, not the other way around.
8a1l4 TIL about the Hasanlu lovers, these intertwined skeletons date to the destruction of Hasanlu (ca. 800 BCE). The two are close together facing each other. The skeleton on the left appears to be reaching out its right hand to touch the face of the skeleton on the right .
epP9J TIL a 2,000-year-old sapphire ring believed to have been owned by Roman Emperor Caligula sold for £500,000 in 2019. The sky blue ring also has an etching on it that's thought to depict Caligula's fourth and last wife, Caesonia.