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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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69YRZ TIL at the beginning of WWII some 2,500 generals served in the German armed forces. Many would wear their brightly colored and highly identifiable uniforms and vehicle insignia. This increased “personal battlefield lethality” and was a significant factor in debilitating the German war machine.
ADQgd TIL that the sign of the horns (rock and roll hand sign) is an offensive gesture in many countries symbolizing cuckoldry
5Kn9 TIL that British women on average have the world’s largest breasts
xJ7 TIL Hans-Ulrich Rudel, a Stuka pilot, flew 2,530 combat missions claiming a total of 2,000 targets destroyed; including 800 vehicles, 519 tanks, 150 artillery pieces, a destroyer, two cruisers, one Soviet battleship, 70 landing craft, 4 armored trains, several bridges and nine aircraft.
BrrJD TIL alcohol can impact your balance years after you've been sober. Alcoholics who went sober were found to suffer from balance issues that remained for years after they kicked the habit.