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10D TIL that a copy of ‘The Pond - moonlight’, a photograph shot in 1904 by photographer Edward Steichen, was sold for US $2.9 million in 2006 making it the most expensive photograph at the time.
LDEp TIL that understanding English actually hurts professional players of English scrabble; some of the world’s best Scrabble players are Thai and can’t speak English
KY016 TIL there is a wasp called "Gasteruption jaculator"
rNMo TIL that the first male to win the tennis Career Golden Slam, Andre Agassi (winning all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympic gold), is married to the first female tennis player, Steffi Graf, to do the same.
wLK66 TIL: Along with LOTR, Sean Connery also turned down the role of Morpheus in The Matrix because he didn’t understand the script. Seeing his mistakes, he made League of Extraordinary Gentleman... despite not understanding the script.