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TIL that while rare, your blood type can change.

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oRYAY TIL that Van Gogh, in "The Starry Night," accurately depicted turbulent flow patterns with mathematical precision.
0XNA TIL by the time of his death in 1937, John D. Rockefeller’s personal fortune was equal to 1.53% of the entire U.S. economy.
JY9x8 TIL that as many as 1500 people died in a boiler explosion on the Sultana, a steam powered Mississippi riverboat. Largely forgotten, as Lincoln's assassin was found and killed the previous day, April 26, 1865.
pYOKQ TIL the earliest recorded autopsy was performed on the body of Julius Caesar. Only one stab wound (out of 23) would be fatal on its own.
OGQJ1 TIL Beethoven admired Napoleon and the French Revolution. When Napoleon crowned himself emperor in 1804 Beethoven broke into a rage denouncing him, saying "He lowered himself to the level of an ordinary king."