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TIL since none of Francisco Goya's Black Paintings ever received titles by Goya himself, it is unknown if Saturn Devouring His Son really depicts Saturn/Cronus at all, and has been variously interpreted as an inversion of antisemitism or a depiction of chaos and nothingness

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rRe8y TIL Colored gems (e.g. rubies and sapphires) at Tiffany & Co. are a massive ripoff because they do not clearly disclose fracture filling treatments. Infused with "colorless substances to improve color and clarity" is the difference between a $100/carat ruby and a $10000/carat ruby.
mxjbM TIL that in 1998, one of the Bigfoot monster trucks was seized by Brazilian customs after a tour and has never been returned.
78kkx TIL There is no period in Dr Pepper after it was removed in the 1950s because the logo at the time made it resemble "Di: Pepper"
ORKY TIL Iditarod huskies have a ‘Maximal Oxygen Uptake’ (V02 Max) as high as 240 mL/(kg·min) - greater than Thoroughbred horses (180 mL/(kg·min), and nearly three times greater than the highest human V02 max ever recorded (97.5 mL/(kg·min).
vPPOB TIL a modern Formula 1 car costs over $20 Million to build, with almost 90% of the cost being the engine.