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TIL Russians were making color photos over 100 years ago.

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x6aYk TIL Salvador Dali once scammed Yoko Ono into paying him $10,000 for a single blade of dry grass. Yoko had offered to pay him that sum for just one of his mustache hairs. He substituted the piece of grass for the single hair because he believed Yoko Ono was a witch and might use it to cast a spell.
X0x4X TIL That Dave Mustaine was inspired to write the Megdeth song "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" after visiting Ireland and seeing bootlegs of his band's t-shirts and told not to interfere, since the money would go to the IRA
4keKJ TIL about Panchiko, the Band With An Astounding Story. A group of British teenagers formed a band and recorded a demo CD-R in 2000 which is quickly forgotten about. Around fifteen years later, someone discovered a corrupted copy in a charity shop, and it became an online phenomenon. More in comment.
DQe1v TIL the oldest active missing person case in the US is over 95 yrs old. 73 yo Marvin Clark, who on HALLOWEEN weekend in 1926 departed his Tigard, OR home to meet his daughter in Portland. A John Doe body was later found between the 2 cities in 1986 but DNA testing in 2018 determined it was not him.
woydE TIL that Islam spread to North Africa because a general decided to ignore his orders. The Caliph sent a letter ordering his general not to invade Egypt. Suspecting it contained orders to withdraw, he said he would open it at the end of the day – by which time he had crossed the border.