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TIL that a Japanese artist paints with Microsoft Excel. Tatsuo Horiuchi prefers the spreadsheet to real canvas and paint, or drawing software, because it has "more functions and is easier to use".

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nWWW9 TIL that in 1889 the US Congress created a committee with two members known as the "Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers." Its job was to discard papers both members agreed weren't important and report why they weren't important. This later was replaced by the National Archives.
VBwPQ TIL the Banksy art that was shredded at Sotheby's auction in 2018 sold for £18M in 2021.
vdjB TIL in 1991 GMC made a stock pick-up truck that was basically as fast as a Lamborghini Diablo
X0VKr Today I learned that Mini-Me from Austin Powers is inspired by a character from the movie The Island of Dr. Moreau named Majai
JYQ0k TIL that while Nashville has a beautiful recreation of the Parthenon according to how it would look to the Ancient Greeks, Memphis has the world’s tenth largest pyramid and they decided to put a Bass Pro Shop in it