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TIL that Italian artist Gaetano Pesce faked his own death to force the mayor of Florence to open his exhibition to the public

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9YvV6 TIL Robert E. Lee owned a plantation across the river from Washington DC until the start of the Civil War. The Lees fled the home and the Union army occupied their land, ultimately burying Union war dead there to spite Lee for his treason. It is now Arlington National Cemetery.
waRW TIL Afrika Bambaataa (considered to be one of the founding fathers of hip hop) has been accused by multiple people of sexual molestation dating back to the 1970s.
gQD TIL WiFi was invented in Australia by CSIRO scientists and received $220 million dollars from US companies in compensation for using the technology.
R6l7 TIL “Judas Goats” are sterilized and radio collared goats that are used to locate other feral goats for eradication.
ryvw TIL that scientists were able to transplant eye primordia (bits of flesh that eventually grow into eyes) from one tadpole’s head to another’s posterior. Many of the new eyes formed neural pathways to the spine - bypassing the brain altogether - and gave the tadpoles sight.