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TIL the artist Michelangelo drew illustrated versions of his shopping lists, so his illiterate servant could understand them without reading. One list from 1518 now tours alongside Michelangelo's artworks.

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4Xd0J TIL that a recent study out of the University of Kansas found that it takes about 50 hours of socializing to go from acquaintance to casual friend, an additional 40 hours to become a “real” friend, and a total of 200 hours to become a close friend.
5wmD TIL that in America you may be put on the sex offender registry for peeing outdoors
MeBY0 TIL that Draconic measures mean Severe, strictly even ridiculously harsh measures.
BgVDW TIL: Short Sleeper Syndrome is a gene mutation discovered by the University of Pittsburgh in 2014. They can function normally with less than 6 hours of sleep and never need to "recover" from lack of sleep as opposed to people who purposefully limit sleep. The mutation was given to mice and worked.
oBjNY TIL A type of interlocking brick were invented in the late 1930s (predating LEGO by a decade) called American Bricks by ELGO Plastics Company