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TIL Leonardo da Vinci had extensive knowledge in painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. He is considered one of the most diversely talented individuals to have ever lived.

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v80B TIL in 1968, a cash-laden bank vehicle was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300M Yen robbery remains unsolved
LkRLZ TIL that many children from 2-5 years will develop maladaptive sleeping behavior following surgical procedures and anesthesia, so parents please mentally prepare yourselves.
WxY8 TIL that the term “Derp” was coined by South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker.
N7WV8 TIL despite what the song American song, "Home, home on the range" says, antelope do not occur in the Americas
J1L94 TIL: The first use of the term “Genocide” and as a crime against humanity in a legal context was the Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen trial led by chief US prosecutor Ben Ferencz