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TIL a nude painting of Bea Arthur that she didn’t even sit for, sold for nearly 2 million dollars in 2013

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Z8GJB TIL Anderson Cooper is heir to the Vanderbilt Family
aL99 TIL the term “all natural” or “natural” on a food label has no legal meaning in the United States and is not enforced by the FDA.
jNQav TIL that in 1939, the US army was ranked nineteenth in size in the world, behind Portugal and only slightly ahead of Bulgaria. Its equipment was obsolete, and it relied heavily on horses
DQKMJ TIL that Belgian businessman was a big help to the Manhattan Project. He realized how important uranium was and shipped 1,200 tons of it to Staten Island. When Lieutenant Colonel Nichols contacted him, he just said, " You can have the ore now. It's in New York. I was waiting for your visit. "
5rRQ TIL During Cleopatra’s reign, she would soak the sails of her ships in perfume so the scent would drift to Rome before her arrival