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TIL that Leonardo da Vinci’s private life has sparked centuries of speculation about his sexuality, with Sigmund Freud analyzing his desires in Leonardo da Vinci, A Memory of His Childhood and Walter Isaacson suggesting he had homosexual relationships with male pupils.

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oRmeR TIL about The battle of Halys, which was fought in the early 6th century BC on present day Turkey. It was interrupted by a solar eclipse, and the result was a draw which led to both parties negotiating a peace treaty and ending a six-year war.
Rb11 TIL that every Heinz Baked Bean is passed through a laser beam, to ensure it’s exactly the right colour.
VonD TIL The film ‘Fantasia’ came about after the ambitious Walt Disney overspent on short The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by hiring revered conductor Leopold Stokowski to handle the score. Rather than writing off the debt, Disney decided to spend more by making a whole feature.
doNZ TIL that the guy who made the Wall Street “charging bull” statue still owns it, as it was originally Guerrilla Art.
Z97Y TIL a man endured Mengele removing a kidney without anaesthesia and survived Auschwitz because he was the 201st person in line for a 200-person gas chamber.