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TIL Mona Lisa died from The Plague

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7ry0b TIL famed dancer Josephine Baker was a spy during WW2 and had a pet cheetah.
N7pP1 TIL about Cyrus the Great (c. 600–530 BC), who built the Persian empire (c. 550–330 BC) by respecting the people he conquered, putting an end to slavery in all his territory, and allowing all people (including Jews) to worship their own gods.
DrDD TIL use of the Nazi hand salute is currently a criminal offense in Germany, Italy, Japan, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Austria.
Rdll TIL that there’s an actual medical diagnosis, Misophonia, for why people hate hearing other people breathe or eat
grLeL TIL: That in 1970, Lula Cora Hood, a single mother of four in Illinois, vanished after a family argument. Decades later, a skeleton found in 1996 was thought to be hers. However, in 2011, 84-year-old Lula was discovered alive in Jacksonville, Florida.