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TIL that in 1911 the famous Mona Lisa painting was stolen from the Louvre in Paris. This raised the pieces value and popularity making it then a masterpiece.

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AGGB TIL during World War II American factory workers produced more than twice their German counterparts and had four times the output of Japanese workers prompting industrialist Donald Douglas to observe, “Here’s proof that free men can out-produce slaves.”
e0bXL TIL that between 1869 and 1923, seven out of the eleven US Presidents were born in Ohio.
won4E TIL Casey Kasem is buried in an unmarked grave in Oslo Norway.
LQ1y9 TIL there are ships which provide electricity
d8Drd In this week's Today I Learned, National Geographic photographer and conservation filmmaker Clay Bolt explains how a bumblebee's buzz could be considered a superpower—and one far more beneficial than any run-of-the-mill, comic book variety.