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TIL that the painting completed at the highest elevation on earth was of the K2 mountain which took 10 days to complete and required the artist to survive off the dirty watercolor paint water.

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78YjX TIL of the Dunstable Swan Jewel. A gold & enamel swan brooch made in England or France in about 1400. It’s presumed to have been intended as a livery badge given by an important figure to his supporters; probably the future Henry V of England, who was Prince of Wales in 1399.
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