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TIL that Salvador Dali was also known to avoid paying tabs at restaurants by drawing on the checks he wrote as he had a theory that the restaurant would never want to cash such a valuable piece of art.

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n5XW TIL Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a Polish war hero who helped win the American Revolutionary War, left his property in the USA to be sold to educate and free Thomas Jefferson’s and other slaves. As executor, Jefferson never acted on the will and no slaves were freed.
E1JpP TIL that the West African lungfish can survive up to 3.5 years without food or water. It has been around for 400 million years & their gills have evolved to obtain oxygen from the air as well as water. During estivation they get nutrients by digests its muscle tissue & can go on for years!
GYL4E TIL that when Neil Armstrong went to the moon he took along a copy of Dvorak's "New World Symphony."
4kyw5 TIL After the big banking crisis of Florence in 1340 which wrecked the economy, an obscure laborer named Ciuto Branditi single handedly tried to organise his fellow wool workers into a union. He held assemblies and collected tithes for strike funds. His arrest caused a strike in the wool industry
rrO0 TIL in 458BC Roman farmer Lucius Cincinnatus was named absolute dictator of Rome during a crises. After achieving victory he resigned and returned power to senate. His resignation of absolute authority is often cited as an example of outstanding leadership, serving the greater good and civic virtue.