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TIL that the first recorded use of OMG was in a 1917 letter to Winston Churchill

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VKe0 TIL the documents that “proved” Iraq sought nuclear weapons in 2002 are known forgeries, and the forger has never been caught.
lN4a TIL in 1994, the pilot of an Aeroflot Airbus A310 allowed his son to sit at the controls during a flight. The boy inadvertently turned off the autopilot controls, sending the plane into hillside and killing all 75 aboard.
KYQE9 TIL about Titian's Portrait of Cardinal Filippo Archinto (1558). 2 portraits were painted, one normal and one with the cardinal partially obscured behind an almost transparent curtain. The archbishop was appointed to office but was prevented from taking due to politics.
Qm6a TIL Bill Skarsgard (Pennywise from It), Alexander Skarsgard (Tarzan from The legend of Tarzan) and Gustaf Skarsgard (Floki from Vikings) are the sons of Stellan Skarsgard (Erik Selvig from Thor, Good will Hunting).
GYldG TIL Mathematician Leonhard Euler memory was said to have been so great that he was able to recite Virgil's Aeneid from beginning to end without hesitation. A text that is over 9000! lines long.