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TIL The humorist Alphonse Allais was one of the first to make monochromatic paintings. His works include 'First Communion of Anemic Young Girls In The Snow' (1883) and 'Apoplectic Cardinals Harvesting Tomatoes on the Shore of the Red Sea' (1884).

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16MB8 TIL Chuck Berry was incarcerated for more than a year at Springfield's federal prison. He used his time behind bars to study business and wrote several songs including "Nadine" and “No Particular Place to Go”
96d6 TIL American is not actually the most obese country in the world; it actually ranks 18th in obesity prevalence
nWoxB TIL: No on born blind has ever been diagnosed with Schizophrenia
nVmb TIL that the first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman
GYLag TIL that during the 1 950's, 60's, and 70's, there were songs called "Teenage Tragedy Ballads" that were about death, unrequited love, and sadness. This phenomenon was partially attributed to the recent deaths of many young music stars.