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TIL that IMDB's rating system goes to 11 for "This is Spinal Tap". All other movies only go to 10.

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woXv8 TIL After Leonardo da Vinci's death in 1519, his half-brother Bartolomeo attempted to replicate his genius by fathering a son by a woman from the same village as Leonardo's mother. The boy, Pierino da Vinci, was raised in one of Florence's finest art studios but sadly died young.
9Y7VG TIL Zebrafish can produce their own sunscreen, a chemical called gadusol which protects the fish against harmful UV radiation. Scientists are also now learning that many species of vertebrates, mammals excluded, produce gadusol. Zebrafish can also regenerate their hearts during their larval stages.
4X5yN TIL that Jamaica has a national bobsleigh team. Since its debut in 1988, they have represented their country in the Winter Olympics seven times—six times for the men's team, and once for the women's team.
m1Llo TIL In November 2024, the german press revealed the existence of Klaasohm festival, held every 5th of December for decades and still going on. This hidden "festival" allow packs of young men to chase women and beat them with cows' horns and is still endorsed by the island authorities.
Q8l6 TIL that in 1860 an 11-year old girl wrote to Presidential Nominee Abraham Lincoln, urging him to grow a beard, as “..ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husbands to vote for [you] and then [you] would be President.” Lincoln not only wrote back, but had a full beard by his Inauguration.