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TIL van Gogh actually only cut off his own earlobe, not his whole ear.

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pY8MZ TIL about Joyce Vincent, a woman whose dead body remained undiscovered for just over 2 years. Her TV was still running, and her mostly skeletal body was surrounded by Christmas presents she never wrapped.
Y7bVd TIL that the first use of "cleavage" to refer to a woman's breasts was in relation to Jane Russell in the 1943 film The Outlaw when the MPAA took action against the film. Director Howard Hughes designed a prototype for an underwire bra to give Russell "five and one-quarter inches" long cleavage."
EeWV TIL that Dick Stuart, one of the worst defensive players in baseball history, once recieved a standing ovation for successfully grabbing a loose hot dog wrapper out of the air.
786nr TIL the words “testify” and “testicle” come from the same root
MLYm TIL that Lynne Stewart, after being convicted of supporting terrorism, said on the courtroom steps that she could serve her sentence of 28 months “standing on her head,” and then was re-sentenced to 10 years