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TIL Musician Neil Young owns a custom 1959 Lincoln Continental modified into a hybrid electric car, named “LincVolt”.

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awGBo TIL that Charles Crocker who was a rich railroad tycoon in the 1800’s built a 40 foot tall spite fence to block the sunlight from getting into his neighbors house because they wouldn’t sell their land that he needed to complete his mansion next door and led to a 26 year feud.
XEYvD TIL Lyndon B. Johnson gave interviews from the bathroom because he didn't want the conversation to stop [said presidential biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin]
wbpP TIL The California roll (a kind of sushi roll) was created in Vancouver, Canada by Chef Hidekazu Tojo in the 70’s.
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