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TIL of “spite houses,” buildings constructed solely to irritate and spite neighbors.

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l7WmA TIL Oprah Winfrey is one of America’s most generous celebrities. She’s donated millions to Morehouse College, helped fund the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African History and Culture, and created a $40 million school for girls in South Africa. She’s given over $400 million to many worthy causes.
8MkZ TIL that Band of Brothers was the most expensive miniseries ever with a production cost of $125 million until it’s sister series The Pacific was released in 2010.
6EkYY TIL About a man called "Wanksy", who has been painting penises around potholes in Manchester so that the city will fix them.
ZLKB TIL Elephants have 1 large molar tooth per arch and are replaced 6 times in their lives. As the teeth are worn down the 6th set of molars must last the rest of their lives or else they cannot eat anymore and die of starvation.
Men7a TIL that mint leaves can be used to get high and a mint called Salvia divinorum is used by Mazatec Shamans of Mexico because they believe its visual hallucinations are divination or prophecy. They think that this mint is an incarnation of Virgin Mary and chant a praise to Her before getting high.