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TIL Rafal Bujnowsk painted a photo-realistic portrait of himself for his Visa application and the US Embassy didn’t realise.

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b919N TIL that The world's largest museum dedicated to an animal - The Crocodile Museum in Aswan. The museum is located in front of the Kom Ombo Temple, which was dedicated to worshiping the god Sobek, which takes the crocodile body.
QN8ML TIL that Yuri Gagarin touched Queen Elizabeth II's leg to make sure she was not a doll during a visit to UK.
oYlr TIL: Two psychologists were paid $81 million by the CIA to advise on and help implement torture.
kJJX7 TIL the film Minority Report started out as a sequel to Total Recall
0vpA TIL that the Etoro people of New Guinea believe that, in order to attain manhood, a boy must fellate a tribal elder and swallow his semen, daily, from the age of 12 to 17. The nearby Kaluli tribe considers the practice barbaric: they believe the semen of the elder must pass through the boy’s anus.