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TIL that Picard’s flute sold for $48,000 at auction in 2006.

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mYMx TIL: Hattie McDaniel, who won an Oscar playing Mammy in Gone With The Wind, was criticized in the black community for playing racial stereotypes. Her response: “Why should I complain about making $700 a week playing a maid? If I didn’t, I’d be making $7 a week being one.”
E1Ldw TIL that Zhang Shangwu, a two-time gold medal gymnast at the Universiade, turned to stealing and begging in the streets after his competitive career ended with an injury.
AN8w TIL ancient Greek and Roman statues were painted in bright colours that have worn away leaving the white we see today.
xXRg TIL that the US National Archives has banned the search term wikileaks.
4kvOR TIL Iwo Jima changed its name back to Iōtō in 2007