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TIL from 1912 - 1948 Art competitions were a part of the Olympic Games, reaturing: architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture

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ADB44 TIL the coelacanth, a prehistoric lobed-finned fish, was believed to have become extinct in the Late Cretaceous Era 66 millions years ago, until they were rediscovered extant off the coast of South Africa in 1938.
oBo1K TIL of the Magic Roundabout, the “most complex intersection” in the world.
bB79 TIL a man has been injecting snake venom for the past twenty years with the intentions of achieving immortality