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TIL: Dr. Seuss is credited with inventing the word “Nerd”

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mxBnM TIL about ParkWest, an Detroit-based gallery that only sells art in international waters during cruises. They purport to sell original artworks at steep discounts but in reality get bidders drunk to buy reproductions for thousands more than they’re worth. Plus, cruise lines are in on the scam.
ONX4 TIL that Mormon prophet Joseph Smith claimed to have transcribed The Book of Abraham from ancient Egyptian papyri, which experts later determined was actually common Egyptian funeral text.
wRAW TIL Prisoners who maintain a positive relationship with their children are 6 times less likely to reoffend.
GYQy7 TIL Tupac Shakur's favorite song was the folk-pop song 'Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)' by Don McLean, so much so that when fatally wounded in a drive-by his girlfriend ensured it was the last song he listened to.
KA79 TIL that ‘the present’ is defined in archaeology as any time after January 1st, 1950, because nuclear testing has altered isotopes in the atmosphere to the point that it isn’t possible to carbon date anything more recent.