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4oEa TIL Salvador Dali would avoid paying for expensive dinners with his friends by sketching on the back of checks. The Artist knew the restaurant owner would not cash in a valuable piece of art.
7DlZ TIL that ancient egyptians used moldy bread as treatment for infected burn wounds, possibly already utilizing the antibiotic effects of molds accidently discovered by Alexander Fleming.
GYnG1 TIL eighty years ago Snow White was labelled "Disney's Folly" and expected to bankrupt the studio. It then went on to break industry records.
KOK4J TIL Jon Cryer hasn't spoke to Charlie Sheen in years but is still friends with Ashton Kutcher
OWpR TIL In Japan, if someone is photographed or filmed while handcuffed, their hands have to be pixelated if it is used on TV or in the newspapers. In France, a law prohibits media from airing images of people in handcuffs, or otherwise restrained, before they have been convicted by a court.