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DQMkD TIL In 2017, Tracy Donahue bought a picture for $4 from a thrift store, discovered it was by renowned artist N.C. Wyeth, and sold it for over $100,000.
m1Rbp TIL when a Welsh assembly member asked his economy minister whether alien craft had been spotted over the skies of Cardiff his question was answered in Klingon
yVB9X TIL: A 11 year old Civil War Drummer Boy is the Youngest Medal of Honor Recipient
ANbBx TIL what an 'Autopen' is and does. Until recent news events I had never heard of the word, let alone knew what it did or was.
QNj5a TIL about Andarín Carvajal, a Cuban mailman that ran in the 1904 Olympic Marathon. He arrived at the race dressed in street clothes and during the race he stopped to chat with spectators, snatched some peaches from a spectator's car, ate some rotten apples, took a nap and still finished 4th
b6jbj TIL a judge in Brazil ordered identical twin brothers to pay maintenance to a child whose paternity proved inconclusive after a DNA test and their refusal to say who had fathered the child. The judge said the two men were taking away from the young girl's right to know who her biological father was.
LQjGm TIL that Max Born, one of the founding fathers of quantum mechanics, is the grandfather of Olivia Newton-John
grjbD TIL for several months, the residents of the Italian town of Vastogirardi have had the tires of their cars mysteriously punctured. What was originally thought to have been mafia intimidation was revealed to have been the work of a local dog with gingivitis gnawing on the tires.
0dbx5 TIL Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was written by Ian Fleming, who is best known for creating James Bond
j6nbQ TIL that after Hollywood screen icon and Swedish-born Ingrid Bergman’s scandalous affair with director Roberto Rossellini was uncovered, Senator Edwin C. Johnson declared on the Senate floor, “Under the law, no alien guilty of turpitude can set foot on American soil again.”
M7jp8 TIL that Saint Patrick is the patron saint of not just Ireland but also of Nigeria, Boston, engineers, and paralegals.
5VLRR TIL that most dinosaurs aren't kosher. Researchers analyzed Jewish rules to find out that a Jewish time traveler would have difficulties finding kosher meat among dinos.