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TIL that Da Vinci used to be a comedic genius - by putting fake wings and horns on lizards he’d scare people in the Vatican. He’d also trap people in the corner of rooms by making giant ‘balloons’.

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JRM8 TIL there are an indigenous people of Japan who traditionally have giant beards.
1a5B7 Today I learned the aircraft carrier ARA Veinticinco de Mayo of the Argentine navy was originally a British Colossus class Aircraft carrier form WWII. She was sold to the Netherlands and then to Argentine Navy ultimately partcipating in the Falklands war against her original builders, the British.
9wZQp TIL Indian restaurants in Japan outnumber the top 3 pizza chains of the country put together!
M1Na TIL during the WWII, Hamburgers were renamed “Liberty Steaks” in order to avoid the German-sounding name for a brief period of time.
KeL6 TIL that Google has invested over $500 million in a secretive startup company called Magic Leap, who aims to release retinal display VR devices.