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TIL magnolia plants are so ancient that they're pollinated by beetles because they existed prior to bees appearing

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b61P4 TIL in 2006, Steve Wynn sold Picasso's painting La Reve for a $139 million, but before he sent it away, he invited friends over for a last look. While chatting in front of the portrait, he accidentally hit the painting with his elbow, leaving a silver dollar-sized hole and scuttling the deal.
Zp55Y TIL the familiar 'valentine' logo at the beginning and ending of 'I Love Lucy' wasn't added until the show went into syndication. The show was originally sponsored by Philip Morris and began with Lucy and Ricky dancing around a huge pack of cigarettes.
4Dk5 TIL that in 1948, before the NBA had any black players, the Harlem Globetrotters beat the NBA Champion Lakers in a straight up game.
6rNw TIL the US government poisoned alcohol as a deterrent during prohibition. This backfired when people didn’t stop and thousands of people died before prohibition ended.
OKXg TIL of the Bosnian Romeo and Juliet. They were killed by snipers on 19 May 1993, while trying to cross the Vrbanja bridge to the Serb-occupied territory of Grbavica