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TIL this painting was commissioned by the Utah State Court, but one judge hated it so much the state spent $25,000 to put it behind a curtain when court was in session.

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dDZ8Q TIL The Nahuas are also sometimes referred to as Aztecs. Using this term for the Nahuas has generally fallen out of favor in scholarship, though it is still used for the Aztec Empire. They have also been called Mēxihcatl and Mēxihcah.
6rXY TIL Japanese uses a large number of wasei-eigo, or English-based invented words and phrases that don’t exist in English, such as “cherry boy” for a male virgin, “virgin road” for the wedding aisle, “skin-ship” for physical intimacy, and “year of the coach” for Coach of the Year.
OoXK4 TIL that falcons are more closely related to parrots and songbirds than they are to hawks.
BrBee TIL that Scrat, the long-fanged squirrel from the Ice Age movies, actually existed - and the authors didn't know when they designed him.
yY68 TIL A law was passed in Wisconsin last year to make rubber duck races legal since they were previously classified as gambling