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TIL that Salvador Dali used to avoid paying at restaurants by drawing on checks. He knew that the owner would never want to cash such a valuable piece of art.

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dDWbZ til that asylums and institutions existed into the 90s where people inside were given hepatis on purpose by staff, where they were left and often abandoned by their parents
kEJE TIL of Margaret Abbott, a woman who competed in and won a golf tournament in Paris. After her death, it was discovered that this tournament was part of the poorly-organized 1900 Olympics. She never knew she was an Olympian.
8Qlb TIL that Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay in which he encouraged scientists to find ways of “improving the odor of human flatulence.”
Zp9lv TIL about Demodex, or eyelash mites. They are too small to see with the naked eye, and feed off of the dead skin cells of humans. Almost every adult human alive has an eyelash mite population living on their face.
Z4ED TIL Keith Richards would help set up the elaborate speaker systems on stage for the Rolling Stones concerts, so they would have a secret place to sniff pharmeceutical cocaine during their performance.