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TIL The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia has 55 works by the famed folk artist Maud Lewis aswell as her entire house.

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9YOEQ TIL that what we refer to today as "elevator music" is actually the result of a 1940s Stimulus Progression campaign from the Muzak company. Though based on pseudoscience, this campaign brought easy listening music into commercial places to influence moods and encourage consumers to buy more
l7KBN TIL in 1791 at the Battle of Wabash, approximately one-quarter of the entire U.S. Army was destroyed in one day by Native American forces.
6EOnQ TIL In 2004, a woman in Covington, Georgia, tried to pay a $1,675 tab at WalMart using a forged $1 million bill featuring a picture of the Statue of Liberty.
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