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TIL Rembrandt had a 6 year affair with his son's nanny; when they split she successfully sued for alimony, he later had her committed.

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9YNkG TIL Tom Hanks agreed to play Mario in the the ‘now infamous’ live action movie “Super Mario Bros”. However, studio executives turned him down because they were worried he couldn’t handle the film’s more dramatic elements. (Clip starts at 4:26)
6EnY7 TIL about the 'Harlem Hellfighters' WW1's African-American regiment who were the first Allied unit to reach the banks of the river Rhine in November 1918
ANYBx TIL basal cell carcinoma grows roots. What looks like a small bump that’s not healing on top of your skin on the outside could actually be much larger underneath. It’s a very treatable skin cancer, but also has a high rate if reoccurrence.
9wOaD TIL about Esperanto, a constructed international auxiliary language created in the late 19th century, designed to foster peace and international understanding by being easy to learn and culturally neutral.
neOQb TIL a man was admitted to the hospital because he was vomiting blood and had cramps. Doctors began surgery after finding an ulcer caused by a 9" plastic fork that he had swallowed over a decade earlier.