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TIL James Cameron was refused permission by the Picasso Estate to use Les Demoiselles d’Avignon but he used it anyways. Its depiction in Titanic suggested the painting sank to the bottom of the ocean did not please the Picasso estate

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QJY19 TIL that humans and our livestock account for 96% of all mammal biomass on Earth
9BYB TIL In 2009 a Man Who Was an Expert on How to Avoid Being Kidnapped in Mexico Was Kidnapped in Mexico After Giving a Lecture On “How To Not Be Kidnapped in Mexico”
L7BZ TIL Mona Lisa is far from unique. There were several contemporary versions made by Da Vinci’s presumed male lover Salai, including a nude version.
VXOm TIL Robert Lincoln, son of President Lincoln was saved from a train accident by Edwin Booth, the brother of his father’s killer, John Wilkes Booth.
OG5N7 TIL drown reefs are a thing caused when the water level is high enough that it blocks out too much sunlight needed by some coral species