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TIL Yoko Ono, the controversial former wife of the Beatles’ John Lennon, is one of the most successful dance club artists on Billboard, with 13 #1 dance club hits and ranking as the 11th most successful dance club artist of all time by Billboard

by whatilearned August 12, 2022, 3:44 am

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TIL Ireland limits taxation on writers, artist, composers, painters, etc. for their contribution to culture

by whatilearned August 11, 2022, 1:38 pm

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TIL that the leotard is named after Jules Leotard, a flying trapeze artist.

by whatilearned August 8, 2022, 4:25 am

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TIL of “Sukiyaki” by Kyu Sakamoto which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1963, one of the few non-English songs to have done so, and the first in a non-European language. It was the only single by an Asian artist to top the Hot 100 until the 2020 release of “Dynamite” by BTS

by whatilearned August 5, 2022, 12:30 am

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Go ahead, punch an artist

by CopyPastaArchive August 4, 2022, 1:43 pm

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When Pablo Picasso was a young struggling artist, he was several months behind in the rent.

by cringeyjokesman July 29, 2022, 7:25 am

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TIL the artist Tommy Tutone who was famous for the 867-5309 Jenny song is actually a band consisting of several members, rather than a solo artist, and that Tommy Heath was the leader of it.

by whatilearned July 26, 2022, 3:09 am

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The pickup artist

by cringeyjokesman July 22, 2022, 8:13 am

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TIL the paintings of Washington crossing the Delaware were by a German artist, and the original was destroyed by Allied bombing in 1942.

by whatilearned July 22, 2022, 5:22 am

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What did the girl showed to the tatto artist after getting a tattoo?

by cringeyjokesman July 21, 2022, 7:29 am

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TIL that the artist who created Mike Tyson’s face tattoo sued Warner Bros because the same design was used on Ed Helms’ face in ‘Hangover II’. The artist had previously copyrighted the image and Warner Bros ended up setting the law suit.

by whatilearned July 20, 2022, 4:34 pm

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TIL of Vancouver’s “Dude Chilling” Park, a local name based on the sculpture “Reclining Figure” (which looks like a dude chilling). An artist erected a fake Parks Dept. sign reading “Dude Chilling Park”, but the city took it down. After public outcry, it was replaced and got official approval.

by whatilearned July 15, 2022, 7:05 pm

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