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TIL that in one egyptian myth, hathor the daughter of Ra, danced naked in front of Ra until he laughed to cure him of a fit of sulking.

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e0eoD TIL that just one minute prior to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, US Planes dropped an unsigned letter over the city addressed to professor Ryokichi Sagane, who had studied with three of the scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project, urging him to tell the public about the danger of the bombs.
VBdd0 TIL That, in 2017, the documentary 'Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence' aired once on the History Channel. The documentary purported to show a photograph supposedly taken after the her disappearance. The doc was pulled after it was proved the pic was taken from a Japanese travel book from 1935.
KOpXG TIL a portrait by Gustav Klimt commissioned by the sitter's husband, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, was stolen by the Nazis in 1941. In the 90s, his niece launched a successful legal campaign to have the painting returned to the family. She then sold it for $135 million, at the time a record for a painting.
6YbX TIL that one of the weapons America would have used in the planned invasion of Japan was Little David, a 36" (914mm) mortar used to test aerial bombs. Converted into a mobile siege gun, it fired 3650 lb (1.6k kg) shells at a range of 6 miles, and would have been the largest calibre gun ever fielded.
neoa9 TIL For every mile traveled, motorcyclists have a risk of a fatal accident that is 35 times higher than a car driver.