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TIL that the Sistine Chapel originally depicted nude figures, but the genitals got painted over after the Council of Trent banned nudity in religious art.

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ebnk TIL that Gustav Mahler was superstitious and strongly believed in the Curse of the Ninth, where composers can only compose nine symphonies before they die. He tried to beat superstition by calling his 9th symphonic work a “song cycle,” then began work on his 10th symphony and died.
a8wlb TIL The GPO, part of the US federal government, has official names for what to call people from different states/territories. People from Indiana are officially known as Hoosiers.
ANmdw TIL that, in 1967, Joseph Stalin's daughter briefly lived in East Berlin, Pennsylvania after defecting to the United States
nrno TIL in 1998, violent Islamic terrorists bombed a Planet Hollywood in Capetown, killing 2 people and maiming others including a little girl who lost her leg. They did this in protest of the movie The Seige, which they felt protrayed them as violent Islamic terrorists.
O69a TIL In ancient Egypt Pharoahs would have slaves smear their bodies with honey and stand naked to deter flies from their masters to themselves