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TIL that Pablo Picasso was once accused of stealing the Mona Lisa in 1911 and was brought in for questioning before being cleared of any involvement

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xVyb1 TIL that in Japan there are trains that bark like dogs to scare deer that come to lick the rails to get iron
GYrB5 TIL that the word "underdog" comes from the 19th century term for the losing dog in a dog fight
E0MV TIL in the early 1930s, Stalin killed about 3.3 million Soviet Ukrainians under a plan to kill peasants in order to seize their land. After starving in mass numbers as a result of Stalin’s orders, Stalin blamed Ukrainians and used this as a pretext for even harsher measures.
jMnn TIL Hazel McCallion (91) of Mississauga has been mayor there for 34 years. Among her many accolades, she once talked someone out of suicide by telling them the police and paramedics had more important things they could be doing.
KanJ TIL With funds from ALS 2014 Ice Bucket Challenge, scientists found a gene called NEK1 and can now develop gene therapy to treat inherited ALS