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TIL the Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911, and was only recovered 2 years later when the thief tried to sell it

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BrZbD TIL that Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners was an organisation formed during the British Miners' Strike in 1984 to raise money for families on strike, and is seen as an important turning point in attitudes towards LGBT people in Britain
W7woN TIL; The title, "October Sky", of the 1999 biographical movie about teens studying rocketry as an escape from their coal town was an anagram of the novel it was based on, "Rocket Boys". The novel was then re-released under the title "October Sky" to capitalize on the interest in the movie.
R5rj4 TIL that in highly intelligent children, their cortex develops LATER than less intelligent children
aDyb TIL a tourist from the town of Dull, Scotland visited the town of Boring, OR and proposed that two villages become sister cities.
M7DDK TIL Volcanic winter of 536 AD that had consequences on wars, famine and epidemic, having consequences on history, due to climatic change and sun light screening