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TIL that the most expensive painting ever sold at auction was Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci for $450 million.

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OooQ6 TIL The functions of performing mental arithmetic and regulating our emotions are housed in the same part of the cerebral cortex, and the processes that support one also support the other; which is thought to be why practising mental arithmetic can prevent depression and anxiety.
rNk6d TIL that in Speed 2 the scene where the ship crashes into the island was made with a non-animated partial boat crashing into the real island, and was the most expensive stunt ever filmed at $25M in 1997.
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