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TIL cleaning paintings to conserve or restore them frequently destroys the original artwork - including works by Michaelangelo and Da Vinci

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nWdMo TIL of the album Dark Night of the Soul by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse. It was unreleased for years due to a label dispute. After it was leaked online, Danger Mouse started selling a blank CD-R with the label "For legal reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will."
7orX TIL that the Parliament of Rwanda is the only governing body in the world where women outnumber men
Nxv8 TIL just before the Holocaust, Hitler offered 32 countries including the United States, Britain and Canada to take in Jews and let them leave peacefully “for all I [Hitler] care, even on luxury ships.” They all refused, leading to Hitler’s ‘Final Solution.’
xBro TIL a 12-year Harvard research study of 78,000 women found that the ones who drank milk three times a day broke more bones than women who barely drank milk.
p8YJp TIL that prior to the 1970's the 2nd Amendment wasn't interpreted as an individual's right to bear arms, and that it has an entirely unnecessary comma.