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TIL that the second most expensive photograph ever sold was Edward Steichen’s “The Flatiron” for $11.8 million USD

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GYbRN TIL that a quarter of all British land forces during the American Revolution were actually German auxiliaries or mercenaries.
Kpm9 TIL in his will, Shakespeare bequeathed the bulk of his large estate to his eldest daughter, and though the will scarcely mentions his wife, he made a point to leave her “my second best bed.”
VMwZm TIL of Phytophotodermatitis, a skin condition caused by exposure to sunlight after handling citrus fruits
DwEj TIL Portland was named by a coin flip. Had the coin landed the other way, the city would be Boston, Oregon.
5YVpr TIL that Jon Lovitz blames Andy Dick for contributing to the death of Phil Hartman by giving Hartman’s sober wife coke causing her to relapse and have a mental breakdown