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TIL that the Mask of Warka, the oldest discovered accurate depiction of a human face (3100 BC), disappeared from the National Museum of Iraq after the 2003 US invasion. A US military mission to recover lost artifacts found the mask, undamaged, buried in a farmer's backyard.

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vP4n4 TIL that Marilyn Monroe was a method actor. She studied with the method acting pioneer Lee Strasberg, who also taught actors such as Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and James Dean.
g8l4 TIL Jack Ruby, the guy who killed Oswald on live TV, claimed that the JFK assassination “was an act of overthrowing the government” and that he had been injected with cancer cells in prison to silence him. By 1966, Ruby was dead from cancer in his liver, lungs and brain.
x6b65 TIL 75% of the 33,600 schools in the UK contain asbestos at levels high enough for attendees to inhale a few million fibers
D1P7p TIL in 1974, a lawyer wrote to the Cleveland Browns threatening to sue if their fans kept throwing paper airplanes at games, and got the reply 'Attached is a letter that we received on November 19, 1974. I feel that you should be aware that some asshole is signing your name to stupid letters.'
0dgdM TIL Cans of diet coke will float in water, regular coke cans will sink. regular coke has sugar, which makes it more dense than water, so they sink. Diet coke don’t have sugar. Instead, they use artificial sweeteners, which makes it less dense than water, so they float.