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TIL: An artist named Howard Hallis has spent the last decade painting a massive picture of literally everything.

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D00P TIL a study at Duke University showed that male rhesus macaques monkeys will give up privileges to be allowed to see a female monkey’s ass: “Virtually all [male] monkeys will give up juice to see female hindquarters … they really value the images.”
QJemk TIL about Jagniwas, the amazing Lake Palace in Udaipur India. Built in 1743 and now a 5-star hotel
KO7e4 TIL in the 1970’s the United States government forcibly sterilized as many as 70,000 Native American women, often without consent or knowledge.
9XwG TIL According to legend, in 1845, Ottoman Sultan declared his intention to send £10,000 to victims of the Irish potato famine, but was instructed to send only £1,000, so as not to donate more than Queen Victoria, who had sent £2,000. He sent £1,000 along with three or five ships full of food.
N7bpQ TIL that if the Solar System fit in your hand the Milky Way galaxy would be size of North America