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TIL Kim Jong-Il was born in Russia.

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d8e7B TIL of Rhythm O, a work by performance artist Marina Abramovic. An audience was invited to do to her what they wished with any of 72 objects, including a loaded gun, as she stood passive for six hours. She was cut with razors and assaulted. The audience fled when she became 'active' again.
xeMk TIL In 1631, two London bible printers accidentally left the word “not” out of the seventh commandment, which then read, “Thou shalt commit adultery.” And you can buy a copy for a cool $90k
W7dL8 TIL Bartolomeo Cristofori (May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731) invented the piano.
nWjoY TIL that the infamous font Comic Sans is easier to read than most fonts for dyslexic people.
nWxEb TIL that lettuce is a member of the sunflower family.