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TIL one reliable method that is used to detect art forgeries is to test for cesium-137 and strontium-90 in that these isotopes did not occur naturally prior to the first use of nuclear weapons in 1945.

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b4v7 TIL that the founder of Burt’s Bees was forced out of the company he founded and lost millions of dollars. He reluctantly still promotes the company for equity while his former romantic partner made $177 Million
QJaNE TIL the Prince of Egypt titular music "Let my People Go" was composed by Hans Zimmer(Transformers, the Rock, Inception, Nolan's Batman trilogy, Call of Duty:Modern Warfare 2, etc.)
oQWR TIL that before he ever wrote a feature film, Mel Brooks made an animated short where he improvised the voice of an old Jewish man forced to sit through an art house film. That short was called The Critic and it won him an Oscar.
d8DY8 TIL of Ba'al Pe'or- An idol mentioned in Talmudic texts, in which to worship it, you defecated on it.
78wWb TIL the longest time served in prison by someone who was later exonerated was 48 years