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TIL : A Few Years Back, Wisconsin’s largest painting, The Flagellants, returned from its trip to Munich!

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xVKR0 TIL The most popular version of the Mexican song La Cucaracha is about a cockroach that can’t walk because it doesn’t have marijuana to smoke. This version was sung by Poncho Villa’s troops in battle during the Mexican Revolution.
W70mL TIL that Eisenhower called President Kennedy's race to the moon "nuts" in 1963. A New York Times editorial stated that the total cost for a moon landing could build "a Harvard University for every state"
d8VYd TIL alcohol breath is not from the stomach, rather it's from the ethanol diffusing out of the blood in the lungs. Eating food, chewing gum, or vomiting won't help mask how much alcohol is in your system if you're breathalyzed
ylka TIL there is a 103 year old orca whale named Granny. She predates the Titanic!
lo715 TIL Soap that looks like food is illegal in Europe