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TIL Gorillaz famous "Clint Eastwood" riff is just a preset in Damon Albarn's omnichord

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LkvbV TIL that though built in a classic Greco-Roman style in 1884, the entire exterior of the High Court in Bangalore, India, is painted flaming red.
OGlEL TIL that the smallest public statue of London depicts two mice fighting over a piece of cheese. It commemorates the death of two workmen, who fell off the roof arguing about the theft of a cheese sandwich which was later discovered to be eaten by mice.
E1Mkd TIL the DNA Doe Project has helped identify over 24 victims. Some families receive closure after 20+ years. Victims range from a bootlegger found in 1979 to a woman thrown from a truck in 2017. The volunteers work from donations. You can also help by submitting your DNA results to GEDmatch.
p7w8 TIL that Jack Johnson (the first ever African American heavyweight boxing champion) was pulled over for a $50 speeding ticket, but he gave the officer $100 telling him to keep the change as he was going to make the return trip at the same speed.
8exAZ TIL Kermit and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (sons of 26th US President Teddy Roosevelt), became the first North Americans to shoot a panda, on an expedition funded by the (Chicago) Field Museum of Natural History in the 1920s.