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TIL The sky movement in Van Gogh's brushwork in his Starry Night painting mimics modern scientific theories of turbulence and atmospheric physics

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Mey6a TIL that a schizophrenic Canadian man who beheaded and then partially cannibalized a fellow passenger on a greyhound bus in 2008, was institutionalised for 9 years and then given an absolute discharge and released.
1aJgP TIL Robert Opel streaked 1974 Oscars, then ran for president with the slogan “Not Just Another Crooked Dick” in 1976, and then was suspiciously murdered at his gay art studio in 1979.
R7lxj TIL that a chimp, named Ham, originally from Cameroon, was sent into space and recovered alive in a test to ensure that a human being could survive space flight and perform useful functions outside Earth's atmosphere. He died at 25 and is buried at the International Space Hall of Fame in New Mexico.
Z8o0B TIL, that the N. Korean Air Force lacks enough jet fuel to train pilots using aircraft, and instead pilots hold a cardboard cutout of an instrument panel while another pilot walks in front of them moving a toy model of the aircraft.
VMn6D TIL about the Kadupul flower, a flower is priceless due to that dies almost immediately after being picked, it's scent has a soothing nature and is referred to as a "midnight miracle"