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TIL Napoleon Bonaparte suffered from severe gastrointestinal issues. Which is why in the portraits he is holding his stomach .

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4XrRb TIL there is a sculpture on the grounds of the CIA which I has four encrypted messages. The last of them has not been solved in 30 years.
1aVpd TIL in 2012 an extreme solar storm missed Earth by 9 days that could have caused nearly $2.5 trillion dollars in damage and loss of power for years on end. There is a 12% chance of a solar storm with the same magnitude to hit us in the next decade.
E1mgd TIL each state is allowed to donate two statues to be displayed in the US Capitol Building to honor persons notable in their history
yQp9w TIL lyricist Lorenz Hart, who wrote many famous hits including Blue Moon ,The Lady Is a tramp, and My Funny Valentine, hated himself & died of pneumonia from exposure in 1943, after drinking heavily
KOgw TIL Deja vu has an opposite, it’s called “Jamais vu”