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TIL Vincent van Gogh didn't begin painting until he was 26

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QNLZd TIL that during WW2, the US government confiscated brass decor from theaters to use in the war effort. The Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago painted all of their brass white to hide it from the government. The brass was then forgotten about until a 1999 renovation.
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