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TIL that a lost masterpiece by Da Vinci is likely hidden behind a wall in Florence, but nobody is willing to take the wall down because it ALSO has a priceless fresco painted on it.

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oB1no TIL that in In 1683 a group of people in Holland (The Netherlands) were ice skating when the ice broke off and they floated to Essex, England.
g40b TIL that most photocopiers and scanners can detect and refuse to scan currency, as well as Adobe Photoshop
e07VL TIL while filming a scene in the live action "Jungle Book" where Mowgli meets King Louie (Christopher Walken), director Jon Favreau spotted a cowbell on stage and said, "this is what Mowgli has to use." Mowgli rings the bell to awaken Louie as an hommage to Walken's SNL skit.
l70B TIL Seth McFarlane also wrote (many, if not all) episodes of Johnny Bravo and Dexter’s Laboratory, as well as a couple Cow and Chicken episodes! =D
E1b0p TIL Jorunna parva, popularly known as "sea bunny", is a highly toxic species of sea slugs. The toxic nature of the species has been studied for their enormous benefit to humankind in medicine and biomedical research, particularly in cancer treatments.