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TIL that a retired print technician from Yorkshire David Smith in 2023 discovered the Einstein tile, a single tile that is capable of tiling the plane aperiodically thereby solving a long standing open problem in mathematics.

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yRQv TIL that the famous New York City tourist attraction, Wall St.’s Charging Bull, cost $360,000 to build, was placed illegally in the middle of the night in 1989 after a stock market crash, was impounded, only to be returned to the streets due to public outcry
mZVv TIL For over a 150 years, pitbulls were known as “Nanny dogs” for keeping childrens safe and beeing a tolerant breed (Article’s part 1 and 2 can be found at the end of the article)
gM5Ay TIL Julius Caesar was "slut shamed" for an alleged sexual relationship with King Nicomedes Bithynia. Not because it was of a homosexual nature, but because Caesar was allegedly the receptive partner. The accusation may have been a political smear, but it bothered Caesar for the rest of his life.
KOWZR TIL the USA spent $14mill researching marine mammals as weapons in 2017 (e.g. dolphins and sea lions)
QKAd TIL: The Notrious B.I.G. had 2 kids and his son recently graduated high school and proposed to his boyfriend.