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TIL Art, Music and Poetry were once Olympic Sports

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GYN1Q TIL that during the filming of The Wizard of Oz and at other times of her career, Judy Garland was forced to diet and eat very little, and was bullied into using tobacco to suppress her appetite - all to keep her from looking at all chubby.
9YnWm TIL that the Finnish Air Force still used the swastika as its emblem ever since it was founded back in 1918 long before it became known as a Nazi symbol and has now dropped it this year
78b7p TIL Rhode Island Hospital was fined $50,000 and reprimanded by the state Department of Health after brain surgery was performed on the wrong side of a patient's head three times in 2007. The state also ordered the hospital to develop a neurosurgery checklist that includes the location of the surgery
wkO8 TIL a prop at an amusement park that was thought to be a mannequin was discovered to be the mummified body of a train robber
X0epD TIL: At 555ft, the Washington Monument was the tallest building in the world for a few years until it was surpassed by the Eiffel Tower.