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

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OGJP6 TIL there is a yearly celebration of male genitalia in Greece, happening during the Greek orthodox carnival season.
wLR66 TIL about Viktor Belenko, the Soviet MiG pilot that in 1976 defected to the USA via Japan and stole a MiG-25 jet. The USA returned the jet a year later disassembled and categorized in boxes.
x6ZVk TIL Nintendo’s Game Boy got its name as a riff on Sony’s Walk Man.
4k0pJ TIL Leonard DaVinci wrote most of his papers backwards.
BrOYb TIL Waffle House was founded when a restaurant manager and a real-estate agent met during the purchase of a house. They became friends and went into business together. Waffle House claims to be the world's largest seller of waffles, ham, pork chops, grits, and T-bone steaks, and 2% of all US eggs.