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TIL that the Ecce Homo painting which was turned into the "Potato Jesus" meme after a failed restoration has increased tourism in that area, and the funds go towards the church owned nursing home and the "art restorer's" son who suffers from cerebral palsy.

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ylnw TIL That the Jaguar is in fact native to North American and there is still a population of these cats living in southern Arizona and New Mexico
D1yr TIL there was an epidemic of Satanic ritual abuse across America in the 1980s that turned out to be completely imagined. People were recalling memories of sexual abuse and cannibalism that never occurred.
ndaY TIL Bill Watterson was thinking of allowing his famous Calvin and Hobbes comic strip to be animated, as he admired animation as an art, but decided against it once he realized he didn’t want to hear Calvin’s voice.
rdxe TIL in August 2001 actor James Woods reported 4 suspicious individuals on his flight. Authorities did not act on his claim and they later turned out to be the 9/11 hijackers.
epmQn TIL that the South’s portrayal of the Civil War primarily being about “State Rights” was a narrative that was pushed after the war with the book Lost Cause.