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TIL that a graffiti artist bought an abandoned warehouse in Iowa and recreated, in half-size, Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling.

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ANQOx TIL if there are 23 people in a room with you, there is a 50/50 chance that two people have the same birthday.
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