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TIL that there’s a mathematical formula, that when graphed, can visually reproduce itself

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Oo6V7 TIL in the 90s, Tina Turner left America and started living in Switzerland. She now is a Swiss citizen, lives permanently in a village in the Alps, and has stated: "I could not imagine a better place to live."
699OJ TIL that Leonardo da Vinci invented the first glider with directional commands for the pilot. Many attempts have been made to build or model the original idea of Leonardo, however the actual flight potentialities are still unclear. This is last interpretation from the original sketch.
wYk6 TIL the vertical smoke lines you see in nuclear explosions are caused by smoke rockets and not the explosion itself
oBYdW TIL Theodore Roosevelt had A LOT of pets. His family had a badger, rabbits, a macaw, several guinea pigs, multiple horses, a pony, multiple dogs, a bear, a lizard, a hen, a one-legged rooster, a hyena, a barn owl, and a rabbit.
PMBJ TIL that after Steve Irwin’s death, his fans began cutting the tails off stingrays in revenge attacks