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TIL - van Gogh's "Starry Night" (1889) may have been inspired by Hokusai’s "Great Wave" (1831). Van Gogh was a great admirer of this Japanese print, had written to his brother Theo about it, and both share a similar coloring of rich blues.

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ne6JY TIL that three presidents, all Founding Fathers: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe, died on July 4. Presidents Adams and Jefferson also died the same year, 1826; President Monroe died in 1831.
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