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TIL about the forgery artist Wolfgang Beltracchi who, rather than copying existing artwork, created brand new pieces in the style of famous artists. His forgeries have sold for over $45 million dollars.

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LQb8P TIL: In 2015, 17 people died and 497 were injured at a water park concert in New Taipei by being being burned alive. Concert organizers did a "color powder party", the cloud of colored cornstarch caught on fire after being fired into the crowd due to deflagration. The fire lasted only 40 seconds.
LQkDd TIL despite being completely landlocked, the U.S. state of Nebraska offers the title of Nebraska Admiral as its highest honorary civic title. Originally the full title was "Admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska". The honorary certificate even describes it in a tongue-and-cheek fashion.
Br0Qb TIL, even viruses can catch viruses. (talk about a divided kingdom!!)
vPvXL TIL that the process to make boxed macaroni and cheese was started by a Canadian named, Kraft.
NXpkP TIL An estimated 10 to 15 percent of abducted Africans died on their way to the coast from the interior during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Historians also estimate that between 15 and 25 percent of the enslaved Africans bound for the Americas died aboard slave ships.