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TIL Mona Lisa died from The Plague

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VMPWQ TIL - Walt Disney negotiated the rights to build a nuclear reactor in 1967, after hiring a German physicist, Heinz Haber, to lay the groundwork for research into nuclear energy, which would be used to power Disneyland.
E1b9w TIL that the name “Karen” (apart from its slang usage in the past few years) refers to an indigenous, primarily farming people living in villages on the border between Thailand and present-day Burma (Myanmar), as well as the languages they speak.
W7Da8 TIL there is a statue in Dublin, Ireland called Molly Malone. The sculptor made her quite voluptuous and with a very low-cut bodice, so her breasts get continually rubbed. The bronze in that whole area is much brighter than the rest of the sculpture because everyone keeps fondling her tits.
R7mQ TIL the first science-fiction work was written in the 2nd Century AD by a Greek named Lucian. It has aliens, inter-planetary warfare, and cloud-centaurs.
E1JyV TIL that the traditional maritime signal flag is today used for the opposite, indicating that a ship is free of disease