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TIL a painting worth over a $100 million, and one of the most iconic paintings of mankind's history was painted by Vincent Van Gogh while he was admitted and kept in a mental asylum. The painting depicts the view he saw from the Iron barred window in his bedroom.

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QZa9 TIL that, adjusted for inflation, Afghanistan has sucked in more money than was spent stabilising all of Europe under the Marshall Plan after WWII
Oolj4 TIL that in 1976 there was an assassination attempt on Bob Marley. There were zero fatalities.
ZpxNa TIL that after his legendary Motown Awards performance, in which he moonwalked for the first time and launched his career into mega-stardom, Michael Jackson was so disappointed in his performance that he went backstage and cried.
D9Bv TIL Minnesota’s program for “sexual psychopaths” has never fully released a patient in its 21-year history, essentially constituting a life sentence.
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