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TIL that consuming too much nutmeg can alter your perception of reality

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Z8W0p TIL The first Western abstract artist is considered to be Hilma af Klint, but although she started in 1906, she was only recognised in the 80s. In 1970 her paintings had been offered as a gift to Stockholm's Museum of Modern Art, but they didn't want them.
Qjo6 TIL that actor and olympic gold medallist Johnny Weissmuller, best known for his portrayal of Tarzan, had requested the famous “Tarzan yell” he invented to be played three times at his funeral.
xV6Lb TIL: There is a hate culture within the hearing impaired community
v1N6D TIL that all real numbers would have to count as ‘even’, since for any real 'a' there is always a real 'c' such that a=2c, division by 2 being always possible for reals
ZnEa TIL that handwriting has declined so much that 1 in 3 respondents to a UK survey said they had not written anything by hand in the previous 6 months.