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TIL Winston Churchill gave his painting of the-Tower-of-Koutoubia-Mosque as a gift to President Roosevelt. It is now owned by the actor Bradd Pitt who purchased it for a world-record sum.

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WkL5Y TIL that in the 1936 Olympic games, boxer Thomas Hamilton-Brown lost his opening bout so went on an eating binge to console himself. An error was soon discovered and it turned out he didn't lose, but was disqualified from competition because he had gained so much weight from binge eating.
N7OLE TIL About "Flarf Poetry." An unconventional and loose form of poetry that utilizes the the Internet to scavenge and conjure up odd and unordinary words or phrases to be implemented in a flarfy marlarky, sometimes horrifying, poem.
5YZnr TIL that 'Post-micturition Convulsion Syndrome' is when a person shivers when peeing, or has the 'pee shivers'. And it seems to be more frequently reported by men than women, with no definitive researched reason why it happens in the first place.
w80E TIL a woman survived a fall of 14,500 feet when main chute didn’t open only to land in a FIRE ANT MOUND. Was bitten over 200 times and broke most of the bones on her right side.
Lo9V TIL when the head of The Piratebay, Peter Sunde, was arrested he asked to phone his girlfriend so she could lock the doors of his house before going with the policeman. The policeman said yes. Instead, he pushed a button on an app that immediately encrypted all servers of The Piratebay.