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TIL that Leonardo da Vinci would dissect dead human remains and then draw what he saw. Dissection was completely illegal unless one was a physician, which da Vinci was not.

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xJLD TIL Director Stanley Kubricks personal assistant was assigned many tasks including cutting fresh grass each day, laying it on the carpet for Kubricks cat to roll in, then vacuuming up the grass afterwards.
E18bW TIL that when a high school in Florida pulled Cory Doctorow's book "Little Brother" because it 'questioned authority', the author had free copies of the book emailed to every Grade 9 and 10 student at the school.
PYbxL TIL about Boston Corbett, "Lincoln's Avenger". He tracked down and killed John Wilkes Booth, but was arrested for disobeying orders. He was later released, deemed both a "national hero" and "insane" and eventually faded into mysterious whereabouts. It is not known what became of him.
R50L6 TIL that only around 15% of French words are Frankish in origin
MeXp0 TIL there are 5 parasitologists who wrote and are giving away a free textbook on human parasite to everyone because they want to increase awareness/ help cure many preventable diseases.