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TIL Congress’s calendar for 2013 consisted of 239 days off.

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GxME TIL 13 paintings were stolen from an art museum in Boston in 1990 by two thieves dressed in police uniforms, who tricked museum security into letting them access the gallery. Value of the paintings lost was over $500 million, making it the largest private property heist in history, still unsolved
J1AZk TIL Bron of the Blackwater on Game of Thrones was part of a pop duo
8el8L TIL: John Michell in 1783, published a paper speculating the existence of black holes, and was forgotten until the 1970s
gM5WW TIL former NBA great Michael Jordan has been trying to sell his 56,000-square-foot Chicago mansion for over seven years with no luck. He's still paying more than $100,000 in annual property taxes despite not living in the house for years.
4X616 TIL Despite the video showing all band members singing, the five-part harmony at the start of Queen's Bohemian Rapsody was all performed by Freddie Mercury