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TIL billionaires in London have built “Iceberg Mansions” where most of the home is below ground

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VMOk4 TIL Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah has garnered acclaim as one of the greatest contemporary writers in the world. Farah was warned that the Somali government planned to arrest him, so he began a self-imposed exile that would last for 22 years
loZ91 TIL Dane Cook had to send his brother to prison for stealing millions from him.
1aokX TIL about a Soviet Air Force lieutenant, Viktor Belenko's defection. He first flew a MiG-25 fighter to Japan in 1976 and gained political asylum in the United States.
xVNK0 TIL the phrase "Beam me up Scotty" has never appeared in a single episode of Star Trek
wLVpo TIL that Switzerland has no president - instead it has a seven member Swiss Federal Council with shared power