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TIL the correct Italian spelling of the popular painting is Monna Lisa, as the word “Mona” in Italian is slang for c*nt

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JaY4 TIL a Canadian Shepherd who has been preserving rare Shropshire sheep for the last 12 years has been in a battle against the CFIA, who killed her entire healthy flock, and now faces up to 12 yrs in jail and fines of $1.5 million.
b6EMp TIL DVD started out as two competing standards by Sony/Phillips and Toshiba/Time Warner. The two ended up unifying into a single project after IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Compaq and Hewlett Packard said they would boycott booth unless they did so.
VB1j4 TIL: About the "Tyrant King" Yeonsangun of Korea. Known as the worst tyrant in Korean history he launched 2 purges, seized hundreds of women to be "entertainers", and turned the royal university into a pleasure ground. His father, the previous king, was known as being liberal and kind.
0pdp TIL when questioned about his terminal cancer and impending death musician, Warren Zevon stated “I just want to live long enough to see the next James Bond movie.” he achieved this goal and lived long enough to see the ironically named “Die Another Day”.
bMJp TIL that in 2010 we started to receive radio waves from an unknown object in the nearby galaxy m82. The radio emission is unidentifiable and doesn’t look like anything seen before