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TIL Leonardo da Vinci never gave the Mona Lisa to the person who commissioned it

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MeYbV TIL the reason why Amish grow beards but shave their mustaches is to represent their pacifism. The Amish associate mustaches with the military and thus they shave their mustaches to show they would never serve in warfare. The Amish who did serve did so in the Civilian Service Corps.
16kar TIL that in the name of the element "Helium", the "-ium" prefix is typically only applied to metals, but the astronomer who discovered it & coined the name wasn't aware of the naming convention
xxd7 TIL that of 2.9 million female high school athletes, only 3% are cheerleaders, yet cheerleading accounts for nearly 65% of all catastrophic injuries in girls’ high school athletics
eZBb TIL there is a language in the northwest of Russia called Teri Sami, which is on the brink of extinction, as only 2 people remain who speak it fluently
e4NL TIL Diamonds are relatively abundant but their price is high due to artificial supply restrictions