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TIL In order to prepare for his work "The Raft of the Medusa" T.Géricault obsessively studied dead bodies in order to depict them accurately. He observed dying patients at a hospital and brought severed limbs into his art studio, including a severed head he spend two weeks observing

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6EOjl TIL the pre-printed championship apparel made for the losing team of major sporting events like the Super Bowl are shipped overseas to disaster areas or impoverished nations.
d86r9 TIL theres a guy named Oli London who's an insane 'koreaboo' who has spent around £265,000 on plastic surgery to look like Park Jimin from the global K-Pop group BTS and has recently MARRIED a cardboard cut out of his K-Pop idol.
7x5b TIL: if officials awarded Lance Armstrong’s 2005 Tour De France title to the next fastest cyclist who has never been caught doping, they’d have to give it to the 23rd place finisher.
8adgb TIL many Plains tribes recognized certain persons having the role of "reverse" warriors, experienced warriors who in battle purposely abided by contrary, foolish or crazy principles. The "reverse" warrior charged when ordered to retreat and could only fall back when he was commanded to attack.
W7EGX TIL That companies AMD and Nvidia who are competitors, do not fabricate their own semiconductor chips, and actually hire the same company for fabrication, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.