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TIL the no photography rule at the Sistine Chapel is a result of the company who paid for the restoration wanting exclusive rights to the media, and not to protect the artwork itself specifically.

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8nBb TIL on January 1, 1907 Theodore Roosevelt shook the hands of 8,510 people, setting a world record he held for over 70 years.
OoG46 TIL The largest group of bad science adherents in the world are those who utilize traditional Chinese medicine
l7BQN TIL A term ‘tittytainment’ stating a global trap that 80% of population will live in a numb ‘happy life’ with various entertainments, frustrated by the other 20% who actually keep the economy running.
VLOk TIL the ridges around the side of the Quarter are a leftover from when the coin was made of silver. The ridges were meant to prevent the practice of shaving off small amounts of silver from the coins.
QJ4bd TIL that on April Fool's Day in 1974, a man in Alaska pranked an entire town by setting a bunch of tiles alight in a dormant volcano, creating a smoke plume that caused a lot of commotion and ended up with a US Coast Guard helicopter being sent to investigate.