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TIL Picasso burned most of his early work to keep his apartment warm because he was poor.

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5YPWQ TIL of "Cat Pawsitive," a program which encourages cat shelters to teach orphan cats to do a "high-five" with humans, making cats more attractive for adoption. Over 400 cats who participated were adopted during the first two semesters of the program.
ADjGd TIL deers are closer evolutionarily to whales than horses
b6o0p TIL the air lightning passes through after striking can be hotter than the surface of the sun
KY6GG TIL about "Sham" surgeries in which a placebo group is told they received a surgery when in fact they only had a small skin incision while sedated. In one study, those in the placebo group reported the same shoulder pain relief as those getting the actual shoulder surgery
4ky8g TIL Saudi Arabia in the 1960's would physically cut out articles of foreign newspapers that criticized the country and sold then as is, often with holes and missing sections entirely