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TIL During a psychotic episode when Vincent van Gogh painted Starry Night, he accurately portrayed one of the most supremely difficult concepts nature has ever brought before mankind known as Fluid Dynamics.

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16ZgD TIL that Mark Yavorsky, the inspiration behind Werner Herzog's film "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done," had erected a shrine to Herzog's "Aguirre, the Wrath of God." This concerned Herzog so much that the two never met again.
rRrB0 TIL that an Italian atheist group wanted to advertise on buses "The bad news is that God does not exist. The good news is you don't need it". When they were refused, they changed it to "The good news is there are millions of atheists in Italy. The excellent news is they believe in freedom of speech"
yV5XJ TIL that the animals killed by the south east asian poison blowgun called sumpit, is safe to eat.
gM0dW TIL Posse Comitatus, an old federal law gives sheriffs the power to form militia's. Only a few states still have the law in full effect it. Last used in 1994, when 100 citizens or "armed volunteers" were tasked by the sheriff to search house to house to find bank robbers. They were done by dinner.
XEk68 TIL That every year, more wealth leaves Africa than enters it. World is plundering Africa's wealth of 'billions of dollars a year'