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TIL There is a man who goes to carnivals and wins prizes (In the hundreds of thousands) and donates them all to charity.

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dDDbr TIL that just like their Roman Enemies, Carthage transitioned from a Monarchy into a Republic. Their government was led by 2 Sufets (Judges) elected by a parliament mad up of the City's leading noble families. Unlike Rome however a separate, popularly-elected official commanded the military.
rNyn0 TIL that the origins of the Motorhome (in the form of a self-propelled recreational vehicle), go as far back as the 1910 Pierce Arrow Touring Landau, which included cargo compartments for camping equipment and even an onboard toilet.
E1djV TIL Goya's most well known painting, Saturn Devouring his Son, was not described or named at all to the public by the artist himself. The name was given later on due to it resembling the mythological event. For all we know, it could not be Saturn at all, but just someone eating another person.
4RyX TIL that Mughal emperor Shah Jahan got rid of the scaffolding on the Taj Mahal by telling peasants that any of the scaffolding material they took was theirs to keep. Apparently they took it away in a single night.
D1klP TIL that the QWERTY keyboard is deliberately a very inefficient way of typing