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TIL 40% of Americans never move from their hometown.

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78RNX TIL Ludwig van Beethoven didn't get along with his brother Johann and was heavily opposed to his marriage to a housekeeper. After the purchase of an estate, Johann signed a letter to Ludwig "From your brother Johann, landowner". Ludwig signed his reply, "From your brother Ludwig, brain owner".
4XrXJ TIL Romantic painter, JMW Turner, has created at least one erotic artwork.
R5bAQ TIL that in 1945, the US Navy converted a former concrete production barge into a floating ice cream factory. It was towed around the Pacific to provide ice cream to Allied troops, and could produce 10 gallons of ice cream every 7 minutes.
JYM54 TIL that the Babylonians created the 7 day week because there are 7 celestial bodies visible to the naked eye (The Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn).
R70Jw TIL: In the Viking period, Ulfberht swords were made of crucible (very pure) steel all the way from India. The exceptional quality of this steel made them so valuable that forgers faked the name Ulfberht on lower-quality swords, the equivalent of a fake designer logo.