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TIL that Cleatus, fox sports robotic football mascot, original concept art was drawn by then Executive VP Gary Hartley’s son, who at the time was 7

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b6j17 TIL the painting Celestial Eyes that was used on the cover of The Great Gatsby, there were naked people in the eye irises of the flapper girl.
D17OY TIL the guitars on the 1983 David Bowie song "Modern Love" were played by Texas bluesman Stevie Ray Vaughan and funk guitarist Nile Rogers of the dance band Chic.
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XprQ TIL that cows never existed in the wild and were domesticated from wild ox some 10,500 years ago
9wpM6 TIL about onna-musha, japanese female noble warriors. Dozens of famous ones are known by name, many of which led their own units or even armies. Battlefield excavations have shown that in some battles in the 16th century as many as 30% of the combattants were likely women.