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TIL George Harrison's wife and son held an online contest to create the official music video for his song What is Life. This was the winner.

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Ok5a TIL a Miami Gardens store owner sued the city for harassment by police. One of his employees has been stopped and questioned 258 times in 4 years and arrested 62 times for “trespassing” at the store during his shift.
XEp66 TIL the artist Camille Corot is one of the most forged artists ever. He had a lazy attitude towards copies. He would sign replicas and even loan his works to professional copiers. Efforts to stop this by publicizing his art backfired, when forgers used the catalogues as guides to refine their fakes.
lagG Til of Galvarino, the Mapuche Warrior, who after having his hands chopped off by Conquistadors, would have knives attached to his wrists and fight in the war against Spain.
rONw TIL A Japanese artist named Hananuma Masakichi created a wooden sculpture of himself so life-like, people couldn’t distinguish between the statue and the artist. He even included his own hair, nails, and teeth!
dDLjZ TIL the construction of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany was finished in 1880 after 632 years of work