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TIL: Margaret Thatcher considered Tony Blair “her greatest achievement”

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rekd TIL The restoration of the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling was actually botched. They mistakenly removed carbon black on the ceiling which was assumed to be pollution but was actually used as tint - making the restored frescoes far brighter than they should be.
N568 TIL that most flat glass is made by floating a pool of molten glass above a pool of molten metal
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