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TIL Mona Lisa died from The Plague

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loAWA TIL that corned beef is named for the large grains of rock salt (also called "corns" of salt) that are used to treat the meat.
6M1Q TIL In Finland, traffic fines are proportionate to the latest available data on an offender’s income. In 2002, a Nokia director got a $103,600 fine for breaking the speed limit in Finland. He was driving at 75 km/h (47 mph) in a 50km/h (31 mph) zone.
8owL TIL 47,000 Quaking Aspen trees in the Wasatch Mountains, Utah, United States, have been shown to be a single clone connected by the root system. It is sometimes considered the world’s largest organism by mass, covering 106 acres
R7oD7 TIL Gaze following is instinctual for many animals—including humans, chimps, dogs, goats, dolphins, and even the red-footed tortoise. Dogs glance back and forth between human and where the human is looking. The behavior, only seen before in humans and chimps, is called check backs or double looking.
EoYW TIL the idea of a wolfpack being dominated by an aggressive “alpha” is misunderstood. Packs are family units, and the alphas are simply the parents of the other wolves.