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TIL Michelangelo wrote over 300 poems

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6VkX TIL Orangutangs have been held captive & used as sex slaves - “We found her chained to a wall, lying on a mattress. She had been shaved all over her body….If a man walked near her, she would turn herself around, present herself, & start gyrating and going through the motions”
4k9Ga TIL According to an archival study on hurricane deaths in the US between 1950 and 2012, hurricanes with feminine names tend to kill more people. This is because they're perceived as being not as dangerous as hurricanes with masculine names, leading to lower preparedness.
7r0AO TIL Benjamin Franklin did not propose that the wild turkey be used as the symbol for the United States instead of the bald eagle. While he did serve on a commission that tried to design a seal after the Declaration of Independence, his proposal was an image of Moses
BgRXk TIL about ''Orange, Red, Yellow'', a painting that sold for $86,882,500
PYQDw TIL Michael Jordan once tipped a waitress a $5 chip for bringing him a drink. Wayne Gretzky stopped the waitress, removed the $5 chip, grabbed one of the many $100 chips on Jordan’s side of the table, and gave it to her. Then he said, "That's how we tip in Las Vegas, Michael."