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ne5xG TIL of the Biltmore Estate, a Châteauesque-style mansion built for George Washington Vanderbilt II and is the largest privately owned house in the United States.The grounds and buildings of Biltmore Estate have appeared in a number of movies such as the house of Richard "Richie" Rich, Jr.
XE5eD TIL The World's Longest Continuously Running Experiment began in 1927 at the University of Queensland Brisbane testing the viscosity of pitch - 9 drops have formed since it began. The last one in April 2014.
jNM5R TIL French composer Georges Bizet died of a heart attack at 37 about a month after his masterpiece Opera Carmen premiered to bad reviews and low attendance. Despite dying convinced the work had been a flop the Opera would go on to become one of the most iconic works of music.
W7xro TIL in Italy there is a movement that has been compared to fairtrade, that markets brands and venues as anti mafia and not paying the extortion money, especially in areas hit hard by organized crime
KOx0J TIL - professional cutmen in professional fighting make upwards of 15% of the fighters purse and many are worth millions.