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TIL Leonardo's painting, Mona Lisa, is one of the most important art objects on Earth, but it's not insured.

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a8VQJ TIL of George Psalmanazar; a European man who rose to fame by claiming to be first Taiwanese person to visit Europe. He practiced a religion of his own invention, practiced made up rituals and spoke a made up language. His real name remains unknown.
ep4Mn TIL that on April 29, 1945, one day before his death, Hitler had doubts about the cyanide capsules he had received. To verify the capsules' potency, Hitler ordered Dr. Werner Haase to test one on Blondi, Hitler's dog, who died as a result.
GYPMj TIL That to run for President of France you need a bank account
R7O41 TIL: Pooping can be a very dangerous activity for sloths. By some estimates up to half of sloth deaths are caused by taking poops on the forest floor.
xVXlg TIL that before the British royal family was the Royal House of Windsor, they were the Royal House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. They changed the name to sound more British during WWI after a German air raid killed a class of schoolchildren in London, whipping up extreme anti-German sentiment in the UK.