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TIL that one of the most infamous Goya's Black Paintings titled "The Dog" is theorized to actually depicts a dog drowning. Apparently it was done when Goya was in his 70's when he was in mental and physical distress. It is thought that this painting portrays the idea of inevitability of death.

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QJJJX TIL Lou Gehrig had a better batting average than Babe Ruth in each of the years 1923-25, but Ruth had a better batting average than Gehrig over the 3 years combined. This is an example of a mathematical curiosity called Simpson’s Paradox.
wLyr7 TIL As late as the 1930's, blue was traditionally a color for girls and pink was for boys.
p8g4p TIL that about 372 million people receive artificially-fluoridated water in about 24 countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ireland, Malaysia, the U.S., and Vietnam. Fluoridation is rare in Europe, with 97–98% choosing not to fluoridated drinking water.
e0nWL TIL the hat shop that created the Bowler Hat in 1849 is still around today, and was founded all the way back in 1676, making it the World's Oldest hat shop.
7Dox TIL Albert Einstein wrote a 1946 open letter titled ‘The Negro Question’, in which he concluded, “I believe that whoever tries to think things through honestly will soon recognize how unworthy and even fatal is the traditional bias against Negroes.”