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TIL there is a museum dedicated specifically to bad art.

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AlQd TIL the British expelled the entire population of the island nation Diego Garcia, sending them to live in Mauritian slums in 1971, so that the US could build a military base on the Island.
b9bQa TIL that Bob Marley was buried with his Gibson "Les Paul" guitar, a soccer ball, a marijuana bud, a ring that had been given to him by the Prince Asfa Wossen of Ethiopia, and a Bible. A month before his death, he was awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit.
epg9k TIL: There was a plot to assassinate Jimmy Carter in 1979. The assassins names were Raymond Lee Harvey and his partner Oswald.
Z8A6Y TIL that plankton produces 50-85% of the worlds oxygen.
Zp7JQ TIL 2 boys from California ran away from home ending up living in the Canadian wilderness. They then received aid from residents of a nearby town until their parents saw them on a news report. They had been "missing" for 10 months.