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TIL The famous painting "Saturn Devouring His Son" was discovered after the artist death, painted directly on his dining room wall. The depiction of Saturn is only presumed as the painting had no title.

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XOB6 TIL that in 1861 the entire student body of Ole Miss enlisted in the Confederate Army, formed its own company, and suffered a 100% casualty rate.
69g5Y TIL That performer Nell Campbell, who originated the role of Columbia in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' play and movie, would go on to open the eponymous nightclub/restaurant Nell's which became a mainstay of the NYC club scene for almost twenty years.
p75N TIL in 2004, an activist from The Yes Men falsely claiming to represent Dow Chemicals was interviewed by BBC, claiming Dow had agreed to a $12 billion settlement for victims of the 1984 Bhopal, India chemical disaster (in which 3,000 peopl died). Dow lost $2 billion in the ensuing stock selloff.
0a0v TIL Will Ferrell turned down $29 million to do a sequel to Elf. ‘It wasn’t difficult at all,’ he said. 'I remember asking myself: could I withstand the criticism when it’s bad and they say, “He did the sequel for the money”?
698bY TIL after cancellation of test flight on Dec 31, 1980 for technical issues, the first prototype of LearAvia Lear Fan aircraft made its maiden flight on Jan 1, 1981, officially recorded by sympathetic British govt officials as Dec 32, 1980 in order to secure govt funding that expired at end of 1980.