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TIL Bob Dylan is a prolific painter (watercolor & acrylic). He paints iconic Americana landscapes as seen on tour: lonely stretches of highway, bridges, ice-cream parlors & diners...

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jNQ8N TIL that one of the findings of the Kinsey Scale study was that men trended towards homosexuality more so than women, contrary to the perception that women were more homosexually inclined. Kinsey speculated that this perception was a product of "wishful thinking" on the part of heterosexual men.
ADxPd TIL that the term "strafing" is a humorous adaptation of the German WW1 catchphrase "Gott strafe England" (may god punish England). The catchphrase derives from a hate song written by a jewish-german poet.
pD68 TIL that a newspaper posted a poll asking readers if watching Blackfish – a documentary critical of SeaWorld for keeping orcas captive – changed their opinions of SeaWorld. The results were “No.” It was later revealed that 55% of the votes came from a single IP-address … hosted by SeaWorld
4ngo TIL that a pigeon skeleton found in a chimney was carrying a WW2 code which GCHQ were unable to decrypt. Code is included in text.
pQZp TIL Swedish millionaire Johan Eliasch purchased 400,000 acres of the Amazon Rainforest from a logging company for $14,000,000 for the sole purpose of its preservation.