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TIL In 2017, Tracy Donahue bought a picture for $4 from a thrift store, discovered it was by renowned artist N.C. Wyeth, and sold it for over $100,000.

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VZJp TIL The song “I Want It That Way” by The Backstreet Boys, which went #1 in 25 countries, has lyrics that don’t make sense because Max Martin, who wrote the song, was still learning English at the time. Kevin Richardson, member of the band, said “Ultimately, the song doesn’t really make much sense.”
4ww5 TIL In Switzerland, it is illegal to own only one guinea pig because they’re social animals prone to loneliness.
P1Pln TIL that the most prolific musical artist of all time is a Japanese noise musician named Merzbow, who's released 420 original albums since 1980
MeNn0 TIL cheetahs are so genetically similar to one another that their organs can be freely transplanted between any members of their species without the presence of immunosuppression.
aLNy TIL that a 6-minute, fan-made Batman movie exists where Batman fights Predator, Alien, and the Joker. It premiered at Comic Con in 2003 and Kevin Smith called it “possibly the truest, best Batman movie ever made.”