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TIL Italians with celiac disease receive a monthly stipend from the government for gluten-free food and extra vacation time

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Y7mjr TIL that we discovered the Loch Ness Monster was a hoax because of a chance deathbed confession In 1994. Marmaduke did it to get petty revenge on the Daily Mail for ridiculing him. He faked the famous photo using playdough and a toy submarine.
X04j TIL That if you tape two halves of a ping pong ball to your eyes, and stare at a red light while listening to static, you will have complex and vivid hallucinations.
lg75 TIL there’s a museum in Massachusetts dedicated to art “too bad to be ignored”. A painting was stolen, and a reward was set at $6.50 (raised to $36.73)
OoLDe TIL A Barbie with a real pink diamond choker sold for $302,500 in a New York auction
XErKD TIL about the McDonalds in Sedona, AZ. Because of council restrictions, the famous golden arches are blue, as to not interfere with the red colour of the mountains nearby.