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TIL a Student bought his former Professor a Porsche because he believed in him 10 years ago.

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M7k6W TIL Joseph Stalin was only 5’5 and it made me laugh. One of the few cases I am perfectly fine with making fun of someone for their height
QJnAd TIL of the Beefalo, a 3/8 bison and 5/8 domestic cattle hybrid designed to mix the flavor and characteristics of beef and bison meat.
7M7p TIL John Clem became the youngest sergeant in US history when he was 12, shot a confederate colonel with a miniature musket after he demanded his surrender, and was the last civil war veteran on active duty in 1915.
1a9LD Today I learned that a Picasso was stolen from an art gallery in Melbourne, Australia by a group of people demanding more funding for the arts. The painting was stolen but the group were never found and no one was ever charged for the theft. The paining is now back on display.
LQLD0 TIL: In 2005, Leonard DiCaprio bought a private island off the coast of Belize with plans to build an eco-resort. In 2024, construction still has not begun.