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TIL that a Norman Rockwell painting was discovered in a secret compartment inside the walls of a cartoonists house. It’d been hidden there for 35 years. The cartoonist had forged several paintings he owned to stop his ex-wife from getting them in a divorce settlement, and had hidden the originals.

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Wkw7o TIL, in the 1928 Olympics, Australian sculler Bobby Pearce stopped rowing to let a family of ducks pass. His opponent ended up with a 5 length lead. In the final 1,000 meters Pearce pulled ahead by 30 seconds, not only winning the gold but setting a Games record.
oROd7 TIL that the Great Wall of China was not built as a single continuous wall, but rather as a series of walls and fortifications constructed by various dynasties over centuries. The most well-known sections were built during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).
Q816 TIL Brendenn Bremmer was a genius–started reading as a toddler, played piano at age 3, delivered a high school commencement speech at age 10, and breezed through college courses with an IQ of 178–who committed suicide at age 14 with no warning signs of depression and no explanation or suicide note
re1y TIL that the music video for the song “Buddy Holly” by Weezer was included with Windows 95.
xV4xo TIL that it’s still illegal to this day to drink alcohol in Saudi Arabia and people who are caught can be imprisoned and sometimes flogged.