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TIL 99% of what the British Museum owns isn’t on display.

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6EObX TIL that the Soviets realised that the Americans and British were developing an atomic bomb when they noticed that Western scientists had ceased publishing papers on nuclear science. Correctly guessing that nuclear science had been made a state secret, they began their own program
X0XLD TIL that artist Margaret Keane had her work plagiarized by her own husband for over 10 years. After winning her court case and leaving her husband, her notably sad and gloomy artwork took on a much happier style.
g0PW TIL: Stephen King only charges $1 to adapt his short stories into films. He calls them “dollar babies”.
gMAo8 TIL that certain states have laws which allow you to redeem gift cards for cash
kOQnE TIL In the 1700's the Mysore Army was using rocket artillery. The weapon was for long distance and against masses of soldiers throughout the Anglo-Mysore Wars. The First Duke of Wellington personally experienced the weapons and the English would adapt them for fighting in the Napoleonic Wars.