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TIL that renaissance painter El Greco made an offer to the Pope to repaint the Sistine Chapel over Michelangelo's "Last Judgement"

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QJ4X6 TIL Famous Oceanographer Robert Ballard has a 24/7 livestream where he continues the quest to map the entire ocean floor.
9YoWp TIL Finland has the best education system in the world. The focus is on hiring the best teachers who must have a master's degree and all schools are funded through the government thus private schools are rare.
b9bMN TIL "Hollywood" became "Holywood" briefly, when Pope John Paul II made a visit to USA on September 1987.
VB14 TIL that there is a massive monument in Georgia (US), which gives instructions in 8 languages on how to rebuild a “better” society after an unknown apocalyptic event, whilst also well as functioning as a compass, calendar and clock.
PoVG TIL Joyce Brothers became famous in the 1950’s for becoming the first woman to win the game show The $64,000 Question, despite the fact that the show’s producers did not want her to win and deliberately gave her questions perceived to be beyond her ability, which she answered correctly anyway