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TIL that photography in the Sistine Chapel has been banned since 1980 when the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) obtained exclusive rights to the paintings in return for a $4 million restoration project.

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d0L9 TIL Yesterday, some Russians got the day off to procreate, in celebration of the annual “Day of Conception”. Couples that give birth exactly nine months later get a prize:
bdlE TIL that Secretariat was such a dominant race horse partly because his heart was roughly two and a half times the size of an average horse. His ample girth, long back and well made neck contributed to his heart-lung efficiency.
Z8G5o TIL the cats movie (the one with terrifying monsters) originally had the cats have buttholes. The VFX artists worked like hell to get rid of the buttholes.
p8ERG TIL that the fourth leading cause of death in the United States is adverse reactions to FDA approved drugs.
P1XbJ TIL Canadians consume more than twice as much tea as Americans