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TIL that in 1801, a British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire may have stolen several priceless Classical Greek marble sculptures from the Parthenon and Acropolis and are currently located in the British Museuem

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epaog TIL that the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina has what's called a "high representative" which is an unelected official chosen by the "Peace Implementation Council" after the Bosnian war. The high representative has the power to remove elected officials from their posts.
5YGgD TIL that Pee-wee Herman was in another movie as Pee-wee Herman that wasn't staring him.
NXwJ6 TIL the photo of Salvador Dalí jumping and painting while water and live cats fly through the air took 5 hours and 26 tries because they couldn't get the timing right. The "floating" objects hung from wires or were held up off-camera. Dalí’s canvas frame was empty in the pic; he painted it in later.