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TIL there is a company that does what “extreme home makeover” does, but for the homeless and by recycling furniture.

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awGXM TIL that the infamous "miserable pile of secrets" line from Castlevania predates the game series, first appearing in Antimémoires by André Malraux
lXw1 TIL Some jazz musicians in the 40s converted to Islam to get around segregation problems. “If you join the Muslim faith, you ain’t colored no more, you’ll be white”
NXBEP TIL testicles have taste buds that can taste Umami.
9YoDQ TIL Nebraska passed a "Safe Haven Law" to ostensibly allow infants to be abandoned at certain locations without abandonment charges. However, it had no age cap, so people would abandon teenagers and older kids.
nek8r TIL that a sewer worker accidentally discovered a drain that would lead right to the bank of England's gold vault. He then requested to meet the directors at any time of their choosing inside the vault, and appeared out of the floorboards at the specified time.