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

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9j16 TIL a Ultracrepidarian is a person who has a habit of giving opinions and advice on matters outside of one’s knowledge
BgRBK TIL that a "Jellyfish Lake" exists in Palau, where millions of jellyfish evolved without stingers over thousands of years, allowing humans to safely swim alongside them.
QNK6d TIL According to the International Olympic Committee, gold and silver medals are required to be at least 92.5% silver. The gold in gold medals is in the plating outside and consist of at least 6 grams of pure gold. Silver medals are made of pure silver, while bronze medals are 95% copper and 5% zinc
Pjgw TIL young childrens’ negative response to vegetables is an evolved adaptation that reduces risk of exposure to plant toxins
xGVg TIL that in the 1854 New York World’s Fair, Elisha Otis amazed a crowd when he ordered the only rope holding the platform on which he was standing cut. The rope was severed by an axeman, and the platform fell only a few inches before coming to a halt and the elevator industry was on its way.