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TIL the marble masterpiece “Sleeping Hermaphroditus” was unearthed ~1608 after being buried for centuries. In 1620, 22-yr-old phenom Gian Lorenzo Bernini carved the marble mattress on which s/he lies today that’s so strikingly realistic visitors are compelled to give it a testing prod.

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78Wob TIL of "Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1963, one of the few non-English songs to have done so, and the first in a non-European language. It was the only single by an Asian artist to top the Hot 100 until the 2020 release of "Dynamite" by BTS
P1eww TIL direct taxation in Canada (government asking for a cut of your money each year) was only put in place temporarily during World War 1 to fund the war. More than a 100 years later, we are still paying for a temporary tax.
neENd TIL that the reason cats are not eating from the side of the food bowl it because of "Whisker Fatigue". Cats Whiskers are so sensitive that even the slightest touch can make them tired and dizzy
p8GJO Today I learned that the United States overthrew a liberal, democratically-elected government in Iran in 1953, and many other democratically-elected governments such as Salvadore Allende in Chile 1973
67mY TIL we experience withdrawal symptoms at the end of a love affair that mirror chemical addiction