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TIL The Ambassadors, a portrait by Hans Holbein painted in 1533, contains an anamorphic skull that can only be viewed correctly from a certain angle

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l7OgA TIL about "call of the void" The feeling — which tends to be brief, entirely out of character and often involves thoughts of leaping from a high place or driving headfirst into an oncoming vehicle
MP7B TIL Over 20,000 Americans service members deserted during World War 2. Pvt Eddie Slovik was executed to serve an example to others, the only service member executed for desertion since the Civil War to this day.
9Y9PB TIL Johnny Cash was banned for life from the Grand Old Opry for smashing the stage lights with a microphone stand (while battling with drug and alcohol abuse) in 1965. The ban was later lifted and he continued to perform at the auditorium until his death in 2003.
LNJv TIL that a serial killer from the ‘70’s, in the midst of his spree got on to “The Dating Game” and won, dispite the fact he was already a registered sex offender. The bachelorette refused to go on a date with him, she found him “Creepy.”
VBn9G TIL that 7-Eleven is incredibly popular in Copenhagen Denmark, the city has almost 180 locations.