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TIL the Olympics used to include medals for Art

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yQowp TIL the Queen uses her purse (handbag) to send secret messages to her staff, such as swapping which shoulder it is on when she's done talking with a particular person and wants an excuse to leave the conversation.
WRKL TIL of the “self attribution fallacy” which suggests that “If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire”
5aYP TIL Sitting close to the TV will not damage your eyesight. The myth spread after it was discovered that tv’s made prior to 1967 emitted excessive radiation.
16MeX TIL people turn old graphics cards into chic purses
YNyv TIL that the scientific name for the western lowland gorilla is ‘gorilla gorilla gorilla’