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TIL of Betsy Aardsma, a graduate student who was stabbed at the Penn State University library. Because the wound was so small and the fact that she was wearing a red dress, no one noticed that she was stabbed until after she died, and EMTs thought she was suffering a seizure. The case is unsolved.

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9jvX [TIL] The average person spends three years of their life on the toilet
r5Kx TIL of a blind experiment in which artists and an art historian couldn’t differentiate between modern art masterpieces and works by 4-year-olds. An artist described one of the children’s pieces as “a competent execution of abstract expressionism.”
kAW4 TIL that the theory of an infinite universe was first proposed by a Greek philosopher named Archytas of Tarentum ~400 B.C., reasoning that even if he did reach the end of the universe he would still be able extend his staff beyond the boundary.
xKBo TIL that spalting is a form of wood coloration caused by fungi. It gives hardwoods potentially beautiful patterns and can be used in decorative wood bowls and musical instruments like guitars and ukuleles. A lot of the wood items at art and crafts fairs are significantly spalted.
nWWrr TIL: Nearly 75% of all aluminum every produced is still in circulation due to recycling