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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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J116V TIL the 7 year rule for dog aging is incorrect - compared to humans, dogs age faster when young and slower as they age.
47B5 TIL: On September 13, 2001, the Queen broke a 600 year tradition, giving permission for the US national anthem to be played at Buckingham Palace during the Changing of the Guard, as a musical tribute to the fallen.
oBboA TIL about Operation Mincemeat during WW2 where the British dressed up a dead body as a royal marine and placed on his person misleading evidence that the allies would invade Greece, not Sicily. The body was found by the Germans, who rerouted their resources, and the allies attacked and won Sicily
v1xY8 TIL while the 1994 McLaren F1 had a 3.2 second 0-60 time, less than 15 years later similar times (3.4s) were achieved by far cheaper cars like the Porsche 911 Turbo or even Chevrolet Corvette Z06.
nW51B TIL that the Lincoln family is presumably extinct since the last known descendant died childless.