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TIL that see through wood exists!

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VBYvZ TIL the Mona Lisa holds the Guinness World Record for the highest known painting insurance valuation in history at US$100 million in 1962 (equivalent to $870 million in 2021). It has been on permanent display at the Louvre in Paris since 1797
Zglo TIL In 2008, Doritos beamed a 30-second advertisement into a planetary system 42 light years away, in collaboration with EISCAT Space Center in Norway.
EgdGo TIL Panther is not a single species but is a term that is most often used to describe a black jaguar or a black leopard.
XnKD TIL that America: The Story of Us was filmed in South Africa and uses mostly South African actors.
W9YN TIL On this day in 1963, William Shatner guest starred as Bob Wilson in “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”. One of the most famous Twilight Zone episodes, and one of TIME Magazine’s Top 10 episodes.