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TIL A suicidal painter was saved from death 3 times by the same “mysterious” monk. Nobody knew who the monk was; the painter didn’t even know the monk’s name.

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9jrD TIL Owen the hippo got washed away from it’s mother. It then bonded with a giant 130 year old tortoise instead.
X0mv8 TIL the US private security/detective agency, Pinkerton, sued Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive in 2019, for using Pinkerton’s trademark and portraying their agents as antagonists in Red Dead Redemption 2. Take-Two counter-sued on the grounds of fair use.
9YLvp TIL "Ice Ice Baby" was actually the B-side of a single version of a cover of "Play That Funky Music", but rose to popularity after a DJ played it instead of the A-side, ultimately becoming the first hip-hop song to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
xVEJg TIL Christian Heinrich Heineken "the infant scholar of Lübeck" could speak fluent German at 10 months old. He read the Pentateuch at age one, and read the entire Bible in Latin by age three. Later that year he recited his own History of Denmark when visiting the King of Denmark. He died at age four.
A7ga TIL in Americas first settlements marijuana/hemp was required to be grown by all farmers