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TIL Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi is the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction; it was sold for $450 million.

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e06L4 TIL A cat in heat can have multiple eggs, and they can be released over several days of her cycle. If Tabby has chosen more than one Tom during her heat cycle, it's possible she'll be carrying kittens from multiple fathers.
ADrlo TIL there is a sculpture meant to depict an astronaut in spacesuit on the Moon. It was commissioned and placed on the Moon by the crew of Apollo 15 to commemorate the astronauts and cosmonauts who have died in the advancement of space exploration.
e4JE TIL “Suicide is Painless” is the M.A.S.H theme song, with words, written by the movie director’s 14 year old son, and that he has earned more than 1 million dollars while his dad only made 70K total.
DQNND TIL that whisky is the UK's 5th export product, valued at £6.25 billion.
9xEM TIL that 10,000 years ago, everyone’s eyes were brown until someone living by the Black Sea developed a genetic mutation turning brown eyes blue