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TIL Vincent Van Gogh's art mirrors natural turbulence to mathematical precision

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gMB0W TIL about reactance, an emotion that occurs when a person feels that someone or something is taking away their choices or limiting the range of alternatives.
16gQW TIL The Kremlin is home to the Tsar Cannon, which was never fired, and the Tsar Bell, which has never been rung.
4k0OX TIL Due to Pope Pius X dying in August of 1914 the conclave that elected Pope Benedict XV had to be held during WWI. While Italy was still neutral, Cardinals from belligerents such as France, Belgium, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the UK participated.
X0Am8 TIL in 1925, a forger convinced Portugal's money printer to make him 200,000 bills, worth ~1% of Portugal's GDP. They were easily laundered, since they weren't actually counterfeit. To cover his tracks, he started buying a controlling interest in the Bank of Portugal, but was caught. He was 28.
Me6vb TIL that Pink Floyd musician David Gilmour CBE auctioned his guitars for charity. His Black Strat sold for $3,975,000 making it the most expensive guitar sold at auction. Proceeds of the auction, which raised $21,490,750, were donated to ClientEarth environmental charity.