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TIL Martian sunsets are blue
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v1WEx
TIL that - led by two grandsons of Genghis Khan - the Mongol army invaded nearly half of Europe. Had the ruling Khan not drunkenly died on a hunting trip, they could have taken the entire continent.
nWEDW
TIL Vincent van Gogh, one of the most famous artists in the history of art, only sold one painting in his entire life. and He had part of his ear removed after an argument with fellow artist Paul Gauguin.
4X1vo
TIL bee venom could cure HIV.
BrZOD
TIL that during WW1, 'fucking’ and ‘bloody’ were used as palliatives, so that the order to ‘get your fucking rifles’ was recognised as considerably less urgent than the order to ‘get your rifles’.
ZZPa
TIL a man in Texas “bought” a $300k house for the cost of $16. This process is called adverse possession.