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TIL that Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime

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QXaa TIL that Moses and the Israelites probably crossed the “Reed Sea”, not the “Red Sea.” The shallow, now-dry lake bogged down the wheels of the pursuant Egyptian chariots and allowed Moses to escape to the Sinai Peninsula.
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