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rNO6x TIL there is another copy of the Mona Lisa in existence. It was presumably painted by a student of Leonardo da Vinci
oEdA TIL that English has 2 distinct P sounds: aspirated and unaspirated. If one holds one’s hand in front of one’s mouth and says “Pin” & “sPin”, one will feel a burst of air with “Pin” but not “sPin.” In languages like Korean, these are totally different sounds/letters that can change a word’s meaning
grBOy TIL The Bald eagle was only officially declared the US national bird in December 2024 after nearly 250 years
895G TIL When Bono was 14, his mother died at her father’s funeral
69P6W TIL Runner’s trots or Gingerbread Man is the sudden and explosive need to empty one’s bowels in the heat of a race. This occurs due to shunting of blood away from the intestines and toward the muscles. Runners also lose control of both their interior and exterior sphincter muscles at the anal canal