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epxJg TIL that Leonardo da Vinci did not begin working on the Mona Lisa until he was in his 50s.
9wY4m TIL that wilt chamberlain had more 70 point games than everyone else in nba history combined
VBgJB TIL the world’s oldest animal on land is a tortoise called Jonathan at 187 years old in 2019.
5YXEp TIL Torre Mayor, Mexico City, is one of the strongest buildings on Earth, being designed to withstand earthquakes measuring 8.5 on the Richter Scale. Occupants inside at the time of the 2003 earthquake did not know that a 7.6 tremor had occurred
166V7 TIL Martha Gellhorn was the only woman to land on the Normandy beaches (alongside 150,000 men). She was a journalist but her request to come along had been denied, so she stowed away in a toilet and then disguised herself as a stretcher bearer