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TIL that the US and Ireland never recognized the Soviet annexation of the Baltic states and allowed the pre-ww2 diplomats to continue to operate

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KOVRw TIL Vincent van Gogh's painting "Café Terrace at Night" was a rendition of Leonardo da Vinci’s "The Last Supper." The cafe has 12 patrons with 1 tall waiter next to a cross. At that time, van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo that he had a "tremendous need for, shall I say the word—for religion."
nyeY TIL a man made a homemade tank out of a bulldozer that was immune to armor piercing ammo, and took revenge on a town, causing over $7 million in damage before he took his own life
ADDn4 TIL that in 2003, during a case involving stolen lunar samples,a federal court set the value of the moon rocks at $50,800 per gram based on how much it cost the U.S. government to retrieve the samples between 1969 and 1972.
ne5wW TIL Huey Lewis is no longer able to make music due to Ménière’s disease. He completed his last album prior to the diagnosis and is effectively done making music.
XEw6R TIL that the Vatican has a GDP per capita of four million USD