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TIL that art depicting living beings is generally prohibited in Islam. As a result Islamic art generally consists of calligraphic, geometric and abstract floral patterns

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rN4n1 TIL of Truganini, who was long considered to have been the last full-blooded Tasmanian Aborigine, and who lived and died during the brutal colonisation of her land. Her dying wish for her ashes to be scattered in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel was finally honoured in 1976, 100 years after her death.
040y TIL the most valuable legal tender coin in the world is a $1 million coin made in Australia. But being that it weighs 1,000kg and is 99.99% pure gold, it is worth almost $45 million
1rZr TIL Ivan the Terrible was so impressed with the construction of St. Basil’s Cathedral that he had the architect blinded so that he could never design anything as beautiful again.
bm4N TIL each older brother increases a man’s odds of having a homosexual orientation by 28–48%. This only applies for right-handed men.
Wk87A TIL During World War II, condoms were used to cover rifle barrels from being damaged by salt water as the soldiers swam to shore.