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TIL that Einstein was an excellent violinist saying that "life without playing music is inconceivable for me".

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PjeG TIL: Divers found ~$4.5 million worth of Spanish gold coins 15 feet from the Florida shore.
MejgW TIL about the Jabuticaba tree which grows warts like fruits directly on its trunk.
Rn96 TIL More than a decade later, Techno Viking took the original uploader to court.
0dZnp TIL Tiramisu was invented as a "pick me up" for men who went to Italian brothels so they would have energy to sleep with their wives afterwards.
Bgg1K TIL Frank Abagnale, of Catch Me if You Can fame, exaggerated/fabricated much of his crimes. Abagnale claims to have escaped a prison he was never in, to have been on the 10 most wanted list, and he cashed $2.5 million in bad checks but he was convicted on a total of less than $1,500 in bad checks.