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TIL if an artist donates a work of their own, they are only allowed to claim tax deductions on the cost of the materials rather than the fair market value of that work.

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wO8M TIL: “ADT” Security Company employed serial killer Dennis Rader, who would disable the alarm systems he installed before proceeding to rape and murder the occupants.
4XkyX TIL that researchers identified two different types of mind-wandering: intentional mind-wandering, which tends to occur when people engage in easy tasks, and unintentional mind-wandering, which tends to occur when people engage in difficult tasks.
ANQwl TIL about Helmuth Von Mulkte. He is the only person born from 18th century whose voice was recorded.
dEnE TIL The Curiosity rover has Morse code embedded into the tread on its wheels.
8eBdV TIL the longest span between appearances in a major league baseball game was 22 years and 2 days