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TIL that Richard II is the first English monarch for whom a contemporary painting survives.

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neEN9 TIL Soundgarden's song "Spoonman" was about a Seattle-based street performer named Artis who has traveled the world playing the spoons since the late 1960s. He played spoons and various other percussion "instruments" throughout the song.
v1QRL TIL During the Vietnam War the US tried to weaponize the religious beliefs of the Vietnamese. They believed anyone improperly buried would wander the earth in agony. So the US played horrifying sounds of a wailing Vietnamese man over the jungle at night as part of a psyop campaign.
QJN8a TIL that most Walmart shops allow anyone to use their parking lots at night for free
rNYJx TIL that in times with a greater proportion of single men competing for fewer women, beards and mustaches became more fashionable
M7jNb TIL about Charles Feeney, the Irish- American businessman that secretly donated $8 Billion in his lifetime.