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TIL that the people who modeled for the painting "American Gothic" were the painter's sister and their dentist

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kOQY7 TIL that a thumb between the index and middle finger (Fig Sign, also known as the "Got your nose!" hand) is a disused hand signal that means "sex" in Japanese.
X0ojP TIL That there is no Q in any U.S. State name
KOABa TIL during a training exercise, an F-106 fighter jet entered a flat spin, causing the pilot to bail out. Instead of crashing, the jet continued flying and landed on its belly in a field, only suffering minor damages.
lo1Wr TIL John Goodenough invented the lithium-ion battery and never received a penny for his invention nor a Nobel prize.
MeLV TIL mini golf was invented in 1867 because women couldn’t play ‘real golf’ because Victorian manners meant women couldn’t raise clubs over their shoulders on backswings.