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TIL that in 1931 the USSR sold off many of the Hermitage’s most important artworks (which they considered elitist decadence) to fund industrialization. Under Andrew Mellon, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. acquired 21 of them, creating one of the best ensembles of art in the Americas.

by whatilearned January 22, 2022, 10:53 pm

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TIL a second sequal to The Jungle Book was planned. It would have been about Baloo and Shere Khan being captured and sold off to a circus, and Mowgli, Shanti, Ranjan, and Bagheera deciding to save them both. Over the course of the film, Shere Khan regrets his hatred against humanity.

by whatilearned January 22, 2022, 11:51 am

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TIL There was a third Apple co-founder. Ronald Wayne who sold his 10 percent stake in Apple for $800 in 1976. This would be worth approximately $35 Billion dollars (USD) today.

by whatilearned January 20, 2022, 11:11 am

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TIL that after Unabomber Ted Kaczynski was arrested, his possessions were sold at a “reasonably advertised Internet auction” to raise money for his victims

by whatilearned January 20, 2022, 3:40 am

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TIL in 2004, Jessica Simpson sold a line of edible makeup, perfume, and body wash that was discontinued after several lawsuits. One customer claimed the Butterscotch Toffee Body Wash caused a yeast infestion, and another said after using Belly Button Love Potion, she was followed by bees

by whatilearned January 18, 2022, 10:30 pm

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TIL legendary NFL player Jim Thorpe is buried in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Thorpe had no connection to the town, nor had he ever visited. His third wife sold his body to the town rather than having him buried in his native Oklahoma.

by whatilearned January 18, 2022, 5:04 pm

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TIL that the most valuable record ever sold was a CD copy of Wu-Tang Clan’s “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” of which only one copy was made. It sold for $2 million

by whatilearned January 14, 2022, 9:29 pm

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TIL in 2021 Banksy’s partly-shredded painting ‘Love is in the Bin’ was resold for $25.4 million. It originally sold in 2018, in un-shredded form, for $1.4m.

by whatilearned January 13, 2022, 7:58 pm

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TIL Walgreens grew dramatically (from 20 to 525 stores) during prohibition in the 1920s because they sold “prescription” alcohol (and milkshakes)

by whatilearned January 13, 2022, 3:50 am

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The best part of making a tuna sandwich is drinking the tuna juice and it should be sold as a canned beverage

by CopyPastaArchive January 9, 2022, 5:26 pm

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TIL: Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine. In 1834, it was sold as a cure for an upset stomach by an Ohio physician named John Cook. It wasn’t popularized as a condiment until the late 19th century.

by whatilearned December 13, 2021, 5:58 pm

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TIL that Andrzej Sapkowski sold the rights to CD Projekt Red to create the Witcher video games for a lump sum of $9500

by whatilearned December 13, 2021, 4:10 pm

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