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TIL that Marilyn Monroe’s real name was Norma Jeane Mortenson. She legally changed it to Marilyn Monroe before her first major modeling gig.

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l7lr5 TIL about "Zhang the Madman." A.k.a Zhang Xu, he was a celebrated Chinese calligraphist who lived in the 700s AD. According to legend, he developed his unique style by getting violently drunk and using his hair as as an ink brush. However when he sobered up, he was unable to replicate his skill.
x6AxD TIL about Leonard Sly. Born poor in a small town outside of Portsmouth Ohio. He stole chickens to keep from starving. As a youth, a judge ordered him to leave the county. He drifted and ended up in California as a movie stuntman.
jNPpv TIL that surgeons were able to drain all the blood from a patient in order to remove clot from the arterie, and keep him alive for 20 minutes by reducing his temperature to 20 degrees celcius.
78ZMp TIL about the Macchina of Santa Rosa, a 30m/98ft high machine built to honour Saint Rose of Viterbo. Every year 100 men called "Facchini di Santa Rosa" hoist the machine, weighing about 5k kg/11k lb, and carry it through the streets of Viterbo, in Italy. The machine is rebuilt anew every five years
OoXE7 TIL that the lowest/one of the lowest points on earth is Laguna del Carbón in Santa Cruz, Argentina