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TIL This is the first known painting by Salvador Dali. Which he painted when he was SIX years old.

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lonoA TIL Princess Olga of Kiev (a saint in the Catholic Church) was courted by the same tribe that killed her husband & proceeded to bury the tribe's suiters alive, burned the tribe's best warriors alive, slaughtered around 5,000 tribesmen during a celebration and burned their capital to the ground.
rRG5e TIL that thousands of dogs in Moscow have mastered the Moscow Subway System and have learned to use it.
9YBaG TIL of a city in the U.S. called George, Washington. The name was chosen by Charlie Brown, a local pharmacist, to honour the first U.S. president.
K04w TIL it is illegal to homeschool in Germany, and that homeschooled children may be removed from their parents even if these children are found to be well taken care of.
4XR06 TIL At least four Marlboro Men actors have died of smoking-related diseases