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TIL that "The Wizard of Oz" is an allegory for late 19th century populism

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P1LKn TIL in 2005 Gary Beach became the first artist to play the same part on Broadway and in movie theatres at the same time after returning to his stage role as Roger De Bris while The Producers movie was in release
Y7j1Z TIL The sky movement in Van Gogh's brushwork in his Starry Night painting mimics modern scientific theories of turbulence and atmospheric physics
0JDR TIL there are still people who practice the old Norse religions and worship Odin, Thor, etc.
mR6E TIL in 2010, a 3-year old boy playing with his father’s metal detector for the first time discovered a 16th century golden pendant estimated to be worth $4 million.
p8JXe TIL that the Roman Empire, even when excluding colonial powers, is nowhere close to being the largest empire ever. It barely makes the top 20.