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TIL When the Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911 the police arrested and questioned Pablo Picasso

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WPWY TIL in 2006, American sculptor Luis Jiménez was killed when the head of his “Blue Mustang” sculpture fell on him and severed an artery in his leg. The Blue Mustang, nicknamed “Blucifer”, is 32 feet tall, weighs 9000 lb., and is currently on display at Denver International Airport.
gMgMW TIL The USSR was the world's 2nd largest economy post-WW2 & the world's largest exporter of arms. By the 1940's Stalin announced that illiteracy had been eliminated & the USSR would produce the world's 1st satellite, the 1st human being in space & the 1st woman in space.
Z0Lp TIL an Eagle Scout who joins the US Army is automatically promoted to Private First Class.
rN9PW TIL that Wall Street (NYC) was named because of a northern wall boundary to keep natives out
wopMP TIL that Edgar Allen Poe advocated for the land of the United States of America to be named Appalachia instead.