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TIL Salvador Dali painted a portrait of Abraham Lincoln using 121 pixels.

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b6mo7 TIL that ~10% of the population has an extra vertebra in their spinal column. It's adjacent to the tailbone and can be a cause of lower back pain and decrease in flexibility. Most people with it experience no symptoms, however.
kJkwm TIL that Peterborough, ON, Canada has the highest hydraulic liftlock in the world AND was the first city in Canada to use electric streetlights
d6BK TIL There is a park in Mexico where Mexicans can practice illegally entering the US in a simulation
v04D TIL that the last movie rented from Blockbuster before it closed its doors nationwide was ironically: This is the End.
7rdBp TIL Over a period of four centuries, the accumulated error of adding a leap day every four years amounts to about three extra days. Therefore, the Gregorian calendar drops three leap days every 400 years.