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TIL the ‘farmer and his wife’ in the painting American Gothic actually represent a farmer and his daughter

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lopx7 TIL that Perth is the most remote major city in the world. Perth is so isolated that it is quicker, easier, and cheaper to fly to Bali then to fly to the east coast. The nearest city of at least 100,000 people is Adelaide, around 1300 miles away.
lO7a TIL 16-term Congressman Barney Frank was openly gay since 1987 but kept his atheism a secret till he left office because in politics, it’s harder to come out as atheist
YpeDx TIL, Rollie Free set the American motorcycle land speed record in 1948 on the Bonneville Salt Flats while lying prone on the motorcycle's rear fender wearing a bathing suit, sneakers, and a shower cap (yes, there is a pic).
vPEbx TIL The video game Dumb Ways to Die was based off of a Metro Train PSA of the same name
vPYn7 TIL how a shipping error 100 years ago launched the $30 billion chicken industry