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rRLl4 TIL: Rodin's famous sculpture of Balzac was so controversial when it was first exhibited in 1898 that vendors in Paris sold parodies of the work, including this one of Balzac as a seal.
JYPM8 TIL Queen Elizabeth II stopped breeding Welsh Corgis so none would outlive her. Her last Corgi died in April of 2018.
5VXDD TIL The Great auk (Pinguinus impennis) was a flightless black and white birds found around the North Atlantic. As explores went south the found birds that resembled the Great auk and named them penguins too, but they are actually unrelated.
JjEv TIL Marvel’s Ghost Rider character is as strong as, if not stronger than, The Hulk
AEwB TIL child prodigy Michael Kearney learned how to read by 10 months old, graduated high school at age 6, earned an Anthropology degree at age 10, earned two Master’s degrees in Chemistry and Computer Science at ages 14 and 18 respectively, and earned his PhD in Chemistry at age 22