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TIL Salvador Dali would avoid paying his tabs by drawing on the checks he wrote, making the checks a valuable piece of art.

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wLw86 TIL Sheriff Joe Arpaio had detectives purchase bomb parts and coerce a man, James Saville, in a plot to assassinate Arpaio. After four years of incarceration Saville was acquitted and ended up winning a lawsuit costing taxpayers $1.1 million.
7rZWX TIL that Lithuania was the last pagan nation in Europe, before their official adoption of Roman Catholic in 1387
WAwL TIL Bulgaria has a hotel with an ancient Roman gladiator arena in the lobby. The arena was found during construction, so they incorporated it into the hotel.
QJnOM TIL that The Netherlands (where I live) has two old Volcano’s. One of which they recently found (not this one). Never imagined we’d have Volcano’s here, and never learned that in school, although it makes perfect sense of course. Thought it was pretty cool to have volcano’s.
o1Lr TIL that before Alcoa could build an aluminum smelting plant in Iceland, the government had to certify that the area was “elf-free”.