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TIL that in the 19th century, photographers used a technique called "combination printing" to create seamless images by merging multiple negatives, allowing for artistic compositions and overcoming technical limitations of early photography.

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VkMD TIL “Darth” is a contraction of “DARk lord of the siTH”, contrary to the popular belief that means “dark” in Dutch.
or0A TIL: Hookworms have exceptional success in treating various autoimmune diseases for which the medical world has yet to find cures.
xV8ao TIL Our nose and our ears get bigger with age, but not because they are growing - because of gravity and the breakdown of collagen
XOWE TIL M.C. Escher created a recursive print called “Print Gallery” that he was unable to complete because of the complexity of the remaining region. A pair of Dutch mathematicians recently modeled the geometry of the print and completed the illustration.
9YRL7 As if 2020 could get more wild, a whale sculpture has stopped a derailed train from crashing in Rotterdam. The metro train passed through a stop block at De Akkers station in Spijkenisse on the outskirts of Rotterdam last night.