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b9Na0 TIL that Edvard Munch's famous painting "The Scream" was painted on cardboard
Y7kRv TIL there is a Greek-style statue of George Washington that depicts him bare-chested and with muscular figure. It is housed as the Smithsonian.
1ZnV TIL that a man in Nebraska is breeding red cows and sending them to Israel in hopes of a pure red heifer being born there; such an event will allegedly prompt Jews to build a Third Temple, which fundamentalist Christians believe will usher in Jesus’ Second Coming.
Rre8 TIL the original score for Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey was written by Alex North, but Kubrick didn’t like it and switched at the last minute. No one told North, who showed up at the film’s premiere only to be devastated when none of his music was used.
4XdyJ TIL During WWII, the only US land operation to take place on the Japanese home islands was performed by a submarine (U.S.S Barb). Crew from the sub went onto to the island and placed explosives on some tracks, which ended up sending a train into the ocean. The barb is the only sub to sink a train.