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TIL that after seeing the prehistoric cave paintings at Lascaux, France, Picasso said, "We have learned nothing in twelve thousand years".

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LkGWP TIL that not only does Japan have the lowest sexual frequency in the world, it is also the only country where the percentage of people who are not happy with their sex life is higher than that of those who are.
wa56 TIL the drink called “punch” has no relation to punching and instead comes from the Sanskrit for “five”, since it was made with five ingredients in India
x6Ork TIL China only has one time zone
4YGa TIL that on April 12, 1955, Edward R. Murrow asked Jonas Salk who owned the patent to the polio vaccine, his response was “Well, the people, I would say… There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”
GY8Lj TIL the USPS has a rule that full-service mailbox carrier signal flags should require no more than 2 pounds of force to raise and lower.