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TIL the Olympics used to include medals for Art

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4kojR TIL about British World War II general Bernard Montgomery first courted a woman in 1925, when he was in his late thirties. His approach to romance included "drawing diagrams in the sand of how he would use his tanks and infantry in a future war. This young woman refused his marriage proposal.
pKve TIL flowers evolved after mammals.
a7kL TIL Whiskey is one of the cheapest and best painkillers known to man
9YOLD TIL that 18 fictional characters have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, including Mickey Mouse, Snoopy, Godzilla and Shrek.
NXMbJ Today I learned Dating to around c. 13,000 BC, a cave painting in the Trois Frères cave in France depicts what some believe is a musical hunting bow used as a single stringed musical instrument and eventually developed into harps, lyres and the modern day electric guitar.