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TIL There are still Greek speaking remnants from ancient times in Southern Italy

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VBYvZ TIL the Mona Lisa holds the Guinness World Record for the highest known painting insurance valuation in history at US$100 million in 1962 (equivalent to $870 million in 2021). It has been on permanent display at the Louvre in Paris since 1797
grnr9 TIL Kim il-Sung was raised in a family of Presbyterian Christians
ANW6d TIL about Ron Hunt, a construction worker who was impaled through his eye and skull by and 18inch long, 1.5 inch diameter drill bit and survived. (X-ray in comments)
9Yg4X TIL that the first female Egyptian nuclear physicist, Sameera Moussa was assassinated in California
wL8Ro Today I learned that the "Ukrainian Insurgent Army" fought against the Nazis, the Soviets and the Polish Home Army, making it the only organization to fight the Axis, Comintern and Western Allies