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TIL people built entire houses just to piss their neighbours off.

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6EE9Z TIL at the beginning of his performance at Carnegie Hall, Andy Kaufman invited his “grandmother” to watch the show from a chair he had placed at the side of the stage. At the end of the show, she stood up, took her mask off and revealed that she was actually comedian Robin Williams in disguise.
5V0v8 TIL The '90s band Save Ferris has 6 current members and 25 former members.
e0OZE Today I learned that auto makers have been adding fake engine noises to their car speaker systems, or even adding entirely separate speaker systems to increase the rumble and depth of the sound of engines to compensate for modern efficiency resulting in less oomph. It’s called a Soundaktor.
7r9xx TIL that in the 1997 UK general election the Liberal Democrats won the Winchester constituency by 2 votes. The Conservative incumbent legally challenged the result and secured a re-run of the election. The second time he lost by 21,556 votes!
e0yL TIL Angel Falls in Venezuela is so high that the water often evaporates before it can land.