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TIL Laverie Vallee (née Cooper; July 18, 1875 – February 6, 1949), best known by her stage name Charmion, was an American vaudeville trapeze artist and strongwoman. One of her risqué trapeze acts was captured on film in 1901 by Thomas Edison.

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gr817 TIL that Daddy Long Legs should be notable not for their dangerous venom (an urban legend) but for having evolved what is likely the world's first penis. [Details in comments]
MeAN7 TIL Leonardo Da Vinci's Salvator Mundi was sold at a New Orleans art gallery for $10,000 in 2005 and ended up selling for $450,000,000 in 2017. It's the most expensive painting ever sold.
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