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TIL Salvador Dalí’s brother died nine months before the artist was born. When Dalí was 5 years old, his parents took him to his brother’s grave and told him that he was his brother’s reincarnation. Salvador believed it and incorporated this idea into his future paintings.

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7OKO TIL that in the South Park episode “The Ring”, the girl at the Jonas Brothers concert said “my giny tickles” because the show’s producer’s 8yo daughter said that at one of their actual concerts. Also, they really did spray fans with white foam.
4L46 TIL that Dr Catherine Hamlin and her husband answered an ad in 1958 for an obstetrician and gynaecologist to set up a midwifery school in Ethiopia. She still works there today at the age of 89. Happy International Women’s Day!
k6Y4 TIL that in 2004, employees of a Walmart in Jonquière, Quebec successfully unionized their local Walmart. 5 months later, Walmart shut down the store, claiming they did not approve of the “business plan” the store made.
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pYdMN TIL Navy SEAL “Lone Survivor” Marcus Luttrell experienced an insane 11-inch growth spurt after High School Graduation going from 5’6 154lbs at 18 to 6’5 262lbs at 24.