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TIL of Elasmotherium: an extinct giant hairy rhino that looked like Mudhorn from Mandalorian

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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.
rN5l0 TIL: About the TF2 Coconut which is a highly detailed JPEG of a coconut in Team Fortress 2 game files. Despite being unused anywhere within the game, deleting it from the computer breaks the game.
x6Elk TIL Bruce Springsteen wrote a song for the Ramones after Joey Ramone asked him to. However, his manager convinced him to keep it, as songs Bruce gave to other artists kept becoming hits, while Bruce didn't have big hit singles yet. That song ended up being Hungry Heart, Bruce's first top 5 single.
A4Mn TIL Cylindrical aluminum cans have optimal geometric characteristics from spheres and cuboids for material and packing efficiency respectively.
WkmQ9 TIL that slaveholders in the US knew that enslaved people were escaping to Mexico, the U.S. tried to get Mexico to sign a fugitive slave treaty, but Mexico refused to sign such a treaty, insisting that all enslaved people were free once they set foot on Mexican soil.