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TIL: That leeches are still used in modern medicine.
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TIL that the famed painting “American Gothic” was entered into a competition at the Art Institute of Chicago. It won third place. The museum only bought the painting at the urging of a patron, and has had it ever since.
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TIL that the Italian Alpini were the only army corps unbeaten in Russia during the Second World War, as stated by the Soviet Supreme Command on February 8th, 1943.
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TIL: In Norway Easter is known for “Påskekrim” (Easter Crime), when just about everyone in Norway reads crime novels, television and radio stations run crime serials, and newspapers publish special crime related literary supplements.
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TIL That Ron Ely's son, Cameron, fatally stabed his mother back in 2019.
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TIL that while most Americans think violent crime is worsening, violent crimes occur three times less than they did in 1973